Representations with Small K Types

Publication date 25 September 2012

Abstract: Let

m a t h f r a k g_{m a t h b b R}

be a split real, simple Lie algebra with complexification

m a t h f r a k g

. Let

G_{m a t h b b C}

be the connected, simply connected Lie group with Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k g

,

G_{m a t h b b R}

the connected subgroup of

G_{m a t h b b C}

with Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k g_{m a t h b b R}

, and

G

a covering group of

G_{m a t h b b R}

with a maximal compact subgroup

K

. A complete classification of "small"

K

types is derived via Clifford algebras, and an analog,

P^{x i}

, of Kostant's

P^{g a m m a}

matrix is defined for a

K

type

x i

of principal series admitting a small

K

type. For the connected, simply connected, split real forms of simple Lie types other than type

C_{n}

, a product formula for the determinant of

P^{x i}

over the rank one subgroups corresponding to the positive roots is proved. We use these results to determine cyclicity of a small

K

type of principal series in the closed Langlands chamber and irreducibility of the unitary principal series admitting a small

K

type.

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