New integral representations of Whittaker functions for classical Lie groups

DOI10.1070/RM2012V067N01ABEH004776MaRDI QIDQ2892022zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Anton Gerasimov, Dimitri Lebedev, Sergey Oblezin

Publication date 18 June 2012

Published in Russian Mathematical Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.2886

zbMATH Keywords

Baxter operatorToda chainWhittaker function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple, semisimple, reductive (super)algebras (17B20) Representations of Lie and linear algebraic groups over real fields: analytic methods (22E45) Connections of basic hypergeometric functions with quantum groups, Chevalley groups, (p)-adic groups, Hecke algebras, and related topics (33D80)

Abstract: We propose integral representations of the Whittaker functions for the classical Lie algebras sp(2l), so(2l) and so(2l+1). These integral representations generalize the integral representation of gl(l+1)-Whittaker functions first introduced by Givental. One of the salient features of the Givental representation is its recursive structure with respect to the rank of the Lie algebra gl(l+1). The proposed generalization of the Givental representation to the classical Lie algebras retains this property. It was shown elsewhere that the integral recursion operator for gl(l+1)-Whittaker function in the Givental representation coincides with a degeneration of the Baxter Q-operator for $hatgl(l+1)$-Toda chains. We construct Q-operator for affine Lie algebras $hatso(2l)$, $hatso(2l+1)$ and a twisted form of $hatgl(2l)$. We demonstrate that the relation between recursion integral operators of the generalized Givental representation and degenerate Q-operators remains valid for all classical Lie algebras.

Review text

A remarkable integral representation for the common eigenfunctions of \(\mathfrak{gl}_{l+1}\) Toda chain Hamiltonian operators was proposed in [\textit{A. Givental}, Transl., Ser. 2, Am. Math. Soc. 180(34), 103--115 (1997; Zbl 0895.32006)], see also [\textit{D. Joe} and \textit{B. Kim}, Int. Math. Res. Not. 2003, No. 15, 859--882 (2003; Zbl 1146.14302)]. This integral representation arises naturally in a construction of a mirror dual of Type A topological closed strings on \(\mathfrak{gl}_{l+1}\). According to \textit{B. Kostant} [Invent. Math. 48, 101--184 (1978; Zbl 0405.22013), Representation theory of Lie groups, Proc. SRC/LMS Res. Symp., Oxford 1977, Lond. Math. Soc. Lect. Note Ser. 34, 287--316 (1979; Zbl 0474.58010)], the common eigenfunctions of \(\mathfrak{g}\)-Toda chain Hamiltonian operators are given by generalizations of the classical Whittaker functions and can be expressed in terms of matrix elements of infinite-dimensional representations of the universal enveloping algebra \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\).NEWLINENEWLINEIn this paper the authors propose a universal construction of an integral representation of a \(\mathfrak{g}\)-Whittaker function for an arbitrary semisimple Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\) with the integrands expressed in terms of the matrix elements of the fundamental representations of \(\mathfrak{g}\) (Proposition~1.1). For classical Lie algebras \(\mathfrak{so}_{2l+1}\), \(\mathfrak{sp}_{2l}\), and \(\mathfrak{so}_{2l}\), the construction is modified to obtain a generalization of the Givental construction for classical Lie algebras (Theorems~1.3, 1.6, 1.10, and 1.14).NEWLINENEWLINEIn [\textit{A. Gerasimov} et al., Int. Math. Res. Not. No. 6, 23 p. (2006; Zbl 1142.17019)], it was noted that the Givental integral representation has a recursive structure connecting the \(\mathfrak{gl}_l\)- and \(\mathfrak{gl}_{l+1}\)-Whittaker functions by simple integral transformations. The corresponding integral operator coincides with a particular degeneration of the Baxter \({\mathcal Q}\)-operator for the \(\widehat{\mathfrak{gl}}_{l+1}\)-Toda chain. In the paper under review, the authors introduce the Baxter \({\mathcal Q}\)-operators associated with the classical affine Lie algebras \(\widehat{\mathfrak{so}}_{2l}\), \(\widehat{\mathfrak{so}}_{2l+1}\) and a twisted form of \(\widehat{\mathfrak{gl}}_{2l}\) and prove that the relation between recursion integral operators of the generalized Givental representation and degenerate \({\mathcal Q}\)-operators remains valid for all classical Lie algebras.

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