This paper is concerned
with defining Lipschitz spaces on Σn−1, the surface of the unit sphere in Rn. The
importance of this example is that Σn−1 is not a group but a symmetric space. One
begins with functions in Lp(Σn−1),1 ≦ p ≦∞.Σn−1 is a symmetric space and is
related in a natural way to the rotation group SO (n). One can then use the group
SO (n) to define first and second differences for functions in Lp(Σn−1). Such a
function is the boundary value of its Poisson integral. This enables one to work
with functions which are harmonic. Differences can then be replaced by
derivatives.