Antisymmetric orbit functions

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Abstract: In the paper, properties of antisymmetric orbit functions are reviewed and further developed. Antisymmetric orbit functions on the Euclidean space En are antisymmetrized exponential functions. Antisymmetrization is fulfilled by a Weyl group, corresponding to a Coxeter-Dynkin diagram. Properties of such functions are described. These functions are closely related to irreducible characters of a compact semisimple Lie group G of rank n. Up to a sign, values of antisymmetric orbit functions are repeated on copies of the fundamental domain F of the affine Weyl group (determined by the initial Weyl group) in the entire Euclidean space En. Antisymmetric orbit functions are solutions of the corresponding Laplace equation in En, vanishing on the boundary of the fundamental domain F. Antisymmetric orbit functions determine a so-called antisymmetrized Fourier transform which is closely related to expansions of central functions in characters of irreducible representations of the group G. They also determine a transform on a finite set of points of F (the discrete antisymmetric orbit function transform). Symmetric and antisymmetric multivariate exponential, sine and cosine discrete transforms are given.


The authors presents the theory of antisymmetric orbit functions, which are exponential functions antisymmetrized with respect to a Weyl group \(W\), corresponding to a Coxeter-Dynkin diagram. The Weyl groups of semisimple Lie groups are finite groups \(W\), acting on the \(n\)-dimensional Euclidean space \(E_n\) and generated by reflections \(r_i\), \(i=1,2,\dots,n\). The antisymmetric orbit function corresponding to a point \(\lambda \in E_n\) is defined as \(\varphi _\lambda (x)=\sum_{w \in W}(\text{ det}w)e^{2\pi \text{ i}\langle w\lambda ,x\rangle }\). These functions are closely related to irreducible characters of a compact semisimple Lie group \(G\) of rank \(n\). Up to a sign, values of antisymmetric orbit functions are repeated on copies of the fundamental domain \(F\) of the affine Weyl group in the entire Euclidean space \(E_n\). Antisymmetric orbit functions are solutions of the corresponding Laplace equation in \(E_n\), vanishing on the boundary of the fundamental domain \(F\). Antisymmetric orbit functions determine a so-called antisymmetrized Fourier transform which is closely related to expansions of central functions in characters of irreducible representations of the group \(G\). They also determine a transform on a finite set of points of \(F\). Symmetric and antisymmetric multivariate exponential, sine and cosine discrete transforms are given.




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