\(U(n)\) Wigner coefficients, the path sum formula, and invariant G-functions (Q1071920)

In a series of previous papers, Biedenharn and his coworkers introduced and studied invariant polynomials, called G-functions, that characterize U(n) tensor operators. To some extend, these functions generalize the classical hypergeometric series. They might be of interest to physicists. The present paper provides insight into certain symmetry properties of G- functions and it also lists a number of difference equations satisfied by them. The authors use what they call ''boson calculus'' together with a clumsy and awkward notation, thereby avoiding the elegant and simpler notion of a symmetric algebra over a Hilbert space.