On the Dunkl intertwining operator (Q342912)

Dunkl operators are first-order differential-difference operators associated to a finite reflection group and a weight function. They give a commutative algebra generalizing the algebra of standard differential operators and intertwines with this latter by the so-called intertwining operator. In this paper, the authors give a family of representing measures of the action of the operator \(V_k \circ e^{\Delta/2}\) on the space of polynomials for an arbitrary Weyl group and a large class of regular weights \(k\) containing those of nonnegative real parts. The representing measures are absolutely continuous with respect the Lebesgue measure in \(\mathbb{R}^d\), which reveal new results about the intertwining operator \(V_k\) and the Dunkl kernel \(E_k\). They show that the operator \(V_k \circ e^{\Delta/2}\) extends uniquely as a bounded operator to a large class of functions, including polynomials, which are not necessarily differentiables. In the case when the weight \(k\) is nonnegative, this operator is shown to be positive-preserving.