Leonard triples of q-Racah type

Publication date 18 September 2016

Abstract: Let

m a t h b b F

denote a field, and let

V

denote a vector space over

m a t h b b F

with finite positive dimension. Pick a nonzero

q i n m a t h b b F

such that

q^{4} o t = 1

, and let

A, B, C

denote a Leonard triple on

V

that has

q

-Racah type. We show that there exist invertible

W, W^{'}, W^{″}

in

m E n d (V)

such that (i)

A

commutes with

W

and

W^{- 1} B W - C

; (ii)

B

commutes with

W^{'}

and

(W^{'})^{- 1} C W^{'} - A

; (iii)

C

commutes with

W^{″}

and

(W^{″})^{- 1} A W^{″} - B

. Moreover each of

W, W^{'}, W^{″}

is unique up to multiplication by a nonzero scalar in

m a t h b b F

. We show that the three elements

W^{'} W, W^{″} W^{'}, W W^{″}

mutually commute, and their product is a scalar multiple of the identity. A number of related results are obtained.

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