Branching laws for minimal holomorphic representations

In this paper we study the branching law for the restriction from SU(n,m) to SO(n,m) of the minimal representation in the analytic continuation of the scalar holomorphic discrete series. We identify the group decomposition with the spectral decomposition of the action of the Casimir operator on the subspace of S(O(n)×O(m))-invariants. The Plancherel measure of the decomposition defines an L²-space of functions, for which certain continuous dual Hahn polynomials furnish an orthonormal basis. It turns out that the measure has point masses precisely when n−m>2. Under these conditions we construct an irreducible representation of SO(n,m), identify it with a parabolically induced representation, and construct a unitary embedding into the representation space for the minimal representation of SU(n,m).     

Degenerate principal series representations and their holomorphic extensions

Let X=H/L be an irreducible real bounded symmetric domain realized as a real form in an Hermitian symmetric domain D=G/K. The intersection S of the Shilov boundary of D with X defines a distinguished subset of the topological boundary of X and is invariant under H. It can be realized as S=H/P for certain parabolic subgroup P of H. We study the spherical representations of H induced from P. We find formulas for the spherical functions in terms of the Macdonald hypergeometric function. This generalizes the earlier result of Faraut-Koranyi for Hermitian symmetric spaces D. We consider a class of H-invariant integral intertwining operators from the representations on L²(S) to the holomorphic representations of G restricted to H. We construct a new class of complementary series for the groups H=SO(n,m), SU(n,m) (with n−m>2) and Sp(n,m) (with n−m>1). We realize them as discrete components in the branching rule of the analytic continuation of the holomorphic discrete series of G=SU(n,m), SU(n,m)×SU(n,m) and SU(2n,2m) respectively.     

Limits of discrete series with infinitesimal character zero

For a connected linear semisimple Lie group , this paper considers those nonzero limits of discrete series representations having infinitesimal character 0, calling them totally degenerate. Such representations exist if and only if has a compact Cartan subgroup, is quasisplit, and is acceptable in the sense of Harish-Chandra.

Totally degenerate limits of discrete series are natural objects of study in the theory of automorphic forms: in fact, those automorphic representations of adelic groups that have totally degenerate limits of discrete series as archimedean components correspond conjecturally to complex continuous representations of Galois groups of number fields. The automorphic representations in question have important arithmetic significance, but very little has been proved up to now toward establishing this part of the Langlands conjectures.

There is some hope of making progress in this area, and for that one needs to know in detail the representations of under consideration. The aim of this paper is to determine the classification parameters of all totally degenerate limits of discrete series in the Knapp-Zuckerman classification of irreducible tempered representations, i.e., to express these representations as induced representations with nondegenerate data.

The paper uses a general argument, based on the finite abelian reducibility group attached to a specific unitary principal series representation of . First an easy result gives the aggregate of the classification parameters. Then a harder result uses the easy result to match the classification parameters with the representations of under consideration in representation-by-representation fashion. The paper includes tables of the classification parameters for all such groups .

     

Laplace and Segal-Bargmann transforms on Hermitian symmetric spaces and orthogonal polynomials

Let be a complex bounded symmetric domain of tube type in a complex Jordan algebra V and let be its real form in a formally real Euclidean Jordan algebra J⊂V; is a bounded realization of the symmetric cone in J. We consider representations of H that are gotten by the generalized Segal-Bargmann transform from a unitary G-space of holomorphic functions on to an L²-space on . We prove that in the unbounded realization the inverse of the unitary part of the restriction map is actually the Laplace transform. We find the extension to of the spherical functions on and find their expansion in terms of the L-spherical polynomials on , which are Jack symmetric polynomials. We prove that the coefficients are orthogonal polynomials in an L²-space, the measure being the Harish-Chandra Plancherel measure multiplied by the symbol of the Berezin transform. We prove the difference equation and recurrence relation for those polynomials by considering the action of the Lie algebra and the Cayley transform on the polynomials on . Finally, we use the Laplace transform to study generalized Laguerre functions on symmetric cones.     

The Lie Module Function for Symmetric Groups #

Let V be a ? G-module where ? is the field of all complex numbers and G is a symmetric group. The purpose of this article is to give a method of analyzing the Lie powers L ⁿ (V ), for every positive integer n, by making use of the recent work of Bryant.     

Branching graphs for finite unitary groups in nondefining characteristic

We show that the modular branching rule (in the sense of Harish-Chandra) on unipotent modules for finite unitary groups is piecewise described by particular connected components of the crystal graph of well-chosen Fock spaces, under favorable conditions. Besides, we give the combinatorial formula to pass from one to the other in the case of modules arising from cuspidal modules of defect 0. This partly proves a recent conjecture of Jacon and the authors.     

Multiplicities of focal points for discrete symplectic systems: revisited

In this note, we define a notion of multiplicity of focal points for conjoined bases of discrete symplectic systems. We show that this definition is equivalent to the one given by Kratz in [Discrete oscillation, J. Difference Equ. Appl., 9(1), 135–147 (2003)] and, furthermore, it has a natural connection to the newly developed continuous time theory on linear Hamiltonian differential systems. Many results obtained recently by Bohner, Do?lý, and Kratz regarding the non-negativity of the corresponding discrete quadratic functionals, Sturmian separation and comparison theorems, and oscillation theorems relating the number of focal points of a certain special conjoined basis with the number of eigenvalues of the associated discrete symplectic eigenvalue problem, are now formulated in terms of this alternative definition of multiplicities.     

Two finite hypergeometric sequences of discrete orthogonal polynomials

Two finite hypergeometric sequences of symmetric orthogonal polynomials of a discrete variable are introduced and their standard properties, such as second-order difference equations, explicit forms of the polynomials and three term recurrence relations are obtained. As a consequence of two specific Sturm–Liouville problems, it is proved that these polynomials are finitely orthogonal with respect to two symmetric weight functions.     

Harish-Chandra's Plancherel theorem for -adic groups

Let be a reductive -adic group. In his paper, ``The Plancherel Formula for Reductive -adic Groups", Harish-Chandra summarized the theory underlying the Plancherel formula for and sketched a proof of the Plancherel theorem for . One step in the proof, stated as Theorem 11 in Harish-Chandra's paper, has seemed an elusively difficult step for the reader to supply. In this paper we prove the Plancherel theorem, essentially, by proving a special case of Theorem 11. We close by deriving a version of Theorem 11 from the Plancherel theorem.

     

Berezin Transform for Solvable Groups

We study the Berezin transform in the context of solvable groups AN (acting on homogeneous cones and Siegel domains) and determine its spectral decomposition, using an explicit integral kernel representation for the associated eigen-operators in terms of multivariable hypergeometric functions.     

Ramanujan's Master Theorem for Hermitian Symmetric Spaces

In this paper we generalize Ramanujan's Master Theorem to the context of a Siegel domain of Type II, which is the Hermitian symmetric space of a real non-compact semisimple Lie group of finite center. That is, the spherical transform of a spherical series can be expressed in terms of the coefficients of this series.