Special functions associated with a certain fourth-order differential equation

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Abstract: We develop a theory of "special functions" associated to a certain fourth order differential operator mathcalDmu,u on mathbbR depending on two parameters mu,u. For integers mu,ugeq1 with mu+uin2mathbbN0 this operator extends to a self-adjoint operator on L2(mathbbR+,xmu+u+1dx) with discrete spectrum. We find a closed formula for the generating functions of the eigenfunctions, from which we derive basic properties of the eigenfunctions such as orthogonality, completeness, L2-norms, integral representations and various recurrence relations. This fourth order differential operator mathcalDmu,u arises as the radial part of the Casimir action in the Schr"odinger model of the minimal representation of the group O(p,q), and our "special functions" give K-finite vectors.









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