Discrete group actions on Stein domains in complex Lie groups

Abstract

This paper deals with the analytic continuation of holomorphic automorphic forms on a Lie group $G$. We prove that for any discrete subgroup $\Gamma$ of $G$ there always exists a non-trivial holomorphic automorphic form, i.e., there exists a $\Gamma$-spherical unitary highest weight representation of $G$. Holomorphic automorphic forms have the property that they analytically extend to holomorphic functions on a complex Ol'shanski\u\i{} semigroup $S\subeq G_\C$. As an application we prove that the bounded holomorphic functions on $\Gamma\bs S\subseteq \Gamma\bs G_\C$ separate the points.