Krawtchouk Polynomials, a Unification of Two Different Group Theoretic Interpretations

DOI10.1137/0513072zbMath0505.33015OpenAlexW2044644971MaRDI QIDQ4740832

Koornwinder, Tom H.

Publication date: 1982

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0513072

zbMATH Keywords

metaplectic representationKrawtchouk polynomialsspherical and intertwining functions on wreath products of symmetric groupscanonical matrix elements of irreduzible representations of SU(2)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Connections of hypergeometric functions with groups and algebras, and related topics (33C80) Spherical harmonics (33C55)

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