The generalized Racah algebra as a commutant

Abstract: The Racah algebra

R (n)

of rank

(n - 2)

is obtained as the commutant of the mbox{

m a t h f r a k o (2)^{o p l u s n}

} subalgebra of

m a t h f r a k o (2 n)

in oscillator representations of the universal algebra of

m a t h f r a k o (2 n)

. This result is shown to be related in a Howe duality context to the definition of

R (n)

as the algebra of Casimir operators arising in recouplings of

n

copies of

m a t h f r a k s u (1, 1)

. These observations provide a natural framework to carry out the derivation by dimensional reduction of the generic superintegrable model on the

(n - 1)

sphere which is invariant under

R (n)

.

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