Reducibility of matrix weights

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DOI10.1007/S11139-016-9834-9zbMATH Open1383.42024arXiv1501.04059OpenAlexW3100850003WikidataQ122949873 ScholiaQ122949873MaRDI QIDQ682003FDOQ682003

Juan Tirao, Ignacio Nahuel Zurrián

Publication date: 13 February 2018

Published in: The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we discuss the notion of reducibility for matrix weights and introduce a real vector space mathcalCmathbbR which encodes all information about the reducibility of W. In particular a weight W reduces if and only if there is a non-scalar matrix T such that TW=WT*. Also, we prove that reducibility can be studied by looking at the commutant of the monic orthogonal polynomials or by looking at the coefficients of the corresponding three term recursion relation. A matrix weight may not be expressible as direct sum of irreducible weights, but it is always equivalent to a direct sum of irreducible weights. We also establish that the decompositions of two equivalent weights as sums of irreducible weights have the same number of terms and that, up to a permutation, they are equivalent. We consider the algebra of right-hand-side matrix differential operators mathcalD(W) of a reducible weight W, giving its general structure. Finally, we make a change of emphasis by considering reducibility of polynomials, instead of reducibility of matrix weights.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.04059




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