Askey-Wilson polynomials and the quantum SU (2) group: Survey and applications

MaRDI QIDQ1924477zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Erik Koelink

Publication date 12 June 1997

Published in Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9407214

zbMATH Keywords

Askey-Wilson polynomialsmatrix elementsquantum group \(SU(2)\)representations of quantum groupsspherical elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Spherical harmonics (33C55) Basic orthogonal polynomials and functions (Askey-Wilson polynomials, etc.) (33D45) Connections of basic hypergeometric functions with quantum groups, Chevalley groups, (p)-adic groups, Hecke algebras, and related topics (33D80) Orthogonal functions and polynomials, general theory of nontrigonometric harmonic analysis (42C05)

Abstract: Generalised matrix elements of the irreducible representations of the quantum $SU(2)$ group are defined using certain orthonormal bases of the representation space. The generalised matrix elements are relatively infinitesimal invariant with respect to Lie algebra like elements of the quantised universal enveloping algebra of $sl(2)$. A full proof of the theorem announced by Noumi and Mimachi [Proc. Japan Acad. Sci. {�f 66}, Ser. A (1990), pp. 146--149] describing the generalised matrix elements in terms of the full four-parameter family of Askey-Wilson polynomials is given. Various known and new applications of this interpretation are presented.

Review text

The author introduces certain elements in the quantum group \(U_q(SU(2))\) and finds their decomposition in the irreducible representations of the quantum groups. The generalized matrix coefficients are then introduced using this decomposition. The author identifies the matrix coefficients with the Askey-Wilson polynomials. The result has also been announced by \textit{M. Noumi} and \textit{K. Mimachi} [Proc. Japan Acad. Sci. Ser. A 66, 146-149 (1990; Zbl 0707.33010)]. By applying the result the author obtains the orthogonality relation for \(q\)-Krawtchouk polynomials and the addition formula for \(q\)-Legendre polynomials. The author further finds the shift operator mapping the continuous \(q\)-Legendre polynomials to the continuous \(q\)-ultraspherical polynomials, and gets an expansion of the characters of the representations of the quantum group in terms of the Askey-Wilson polynomials.

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