A result of Gelbart and Helgason that describes the harmonic analysis of the space of
functions on certain Stiefel manifolds and a result of Folland that describes the
harmonic analysis of the de Rham complex on a sphere are generalized to describe
the harmonic analysis of the de Rham complex on certain Stiefel manifolds.
Equivalently, the cobranching law from a fundamental representation of an
orthogonal group to a larger orthogonal group is determined.
Keywords
representation, orthogonal group, general linear group,
branching law, cobranching law