A Lie-theoretic interpretation of multivariate hypergeometric polynomials

DOI10.1112/S0010437X11007421MaRDI QIDQ2894213zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Plamen Iliev

Publication date 29 June 2012

Published in Compositio Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.1683

zbMATH Keywords

bispectral problemLie algebra \(sl_{d+1}\)multivariate Krawtchouk polynomialspartial difference operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) Connections of hypergeometric functions with groups and algebras, and related topics (33C80) Partial difference equations (39A14)

Abstract: In 1971 Griffiths used a generating function to define polynomials in d variables orthogonal with respect to the multinomial distribution. The polynomials possess a duality between the discrete variables and the degree indices. In 2004 Mizukawa and Tanaka related these polynomials to character algebras and the Gelfand hypergeometric series. Using this approach they clarified the duality and obtained a new proof of the orthogonality. In the present paper, we interpret these polynomials within the context of the Lie algebra sl_{d+1}. Our approach yields yet another proof of the orthogonality. It also shows that the polynomials satisfy d independent recurrence relations each involving d^2+d+1 terms. This combined with the duality establishes their bispectrality. We illustrate our results with several explicit examples.

Review text

In 1971, Griffiths used a generating function to define polynomials in \(d\) variables orthogonal with respect to the multinomial distribution. The polynomials possess a duality between the discrete variables and the degree indices. In 2004, \textit{H. Mizukawa} and \textit{H. Tanaka} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 132, No. 9, 2613--2618 (2004; Zbl 1059.33020)] related these polynomials to character algebras and the Gelfand hypergeometric series. Using this approach, they clarified the duality and obtained a new proof of the orthogonality.NEWLINENEWLINEIn the present paper, these polynomials are interpreted within the context of the Lie algebra \(sl_{d+1}(\mathbb{C})\). This approach yields yet another proof of the orthogonality. Moreover, it shows that the polynomials satisfy \(d\) independent recurrence relations each involving \(d^2+d+1\) terms. This, combined with the duality, establishes their bispectrality. Finally, the results are illustrated with several explicit examples.

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