Finite-dimensional orthogonality structures for Hall-Littlewood polynomials (Q2464061)

The Hall-Littlewood polynomials constitute a one-parameter deformation of the Schur polynomials with deep ties to the representation theory of the symmetric group and of the general linear group. These polynomials form an orthogonal system with respect to a continuous weight function. In this paper the author presents systems of finite-dimensional discrete orthogonality relations for the Hall-Littlewood polynomials. A compact determinantal formula for the weights of the discrete orthogonality measure is formulated in terms of a Gaudin-type conjecture for the normalization constants of a dual system of orthogonality relations. The author confirms the correctness of the conjecture in some special cases: for Hall-Littlewood polynomials up to four variables and for the special parameter value \(t=0\) in which these polynomials reduce to Schur polynomials. Moreover, in a continuum limit in which the Hall-Littlewood polynomials degenerate into the Bethe Ansatz eigenfunctions of the Schrödinger operator for identical Bose particles on the circle with pairwise delta-potential interactions.