The Gelfand-Tsetlin basis for infinite-dimensional representations of gl_n(C)

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Abstract: We consider the problem of determination of the Gelfand-Tsetlin basis for unitary principal series representations of the Lie algebra gln(mathbbC). The Gelfand-Tsetlin basis for an infinite-dimensional representation can be defined as the basis of common eigenfunctions of corner quantum minors of the corresponding L-operator. The construction is based on the induction with respect to the rank of the algebra: an element of the basis for gln(mathbbC) is expressed in terms of a Mellin-Barnes type integral of an element of the basis for gln−1(mathbbC). The integration variables are the parameters (in other words, the quantum numbers) setting the eigenfunction. Explicit results are obtained for ranks 3 and 4, and the orthogonality of constructed sets of basis elements is demonstrated. For gl3(mathbbC) the kernel of the integral is expressed in terms of gamma-functions of the parameters of eigenfunctions, and in the case of gl4(mathbbC) -- in terms of a hypergeometric function of the complex field at unity. The formulas presented for an arbitrary rank make it possible to obtain the system of finite-difference equations for the kernel. They include expressions for the quantum minors of gln(mathbbC) L-operator via the minors of gln−1(mathbbC) L-operator for the principal series representations, as well as formulas for action of some non-corner minors on the eigenfunctions of corner ones. The latter hold for any representation of gln(mathbbC) (not only principal series) in which the corner minors of the L-operator can be diagonalized.




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