Totally bipartite tridiagonal pairs

MaRDI QIDQ6293348arXivFDO

Authors Kazumasa Nomura, Paul Terwilliger

Publication date 1 November 2017

Published in arXiv

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and linear algebra (matrices, eigenvalues, etc.) (05C50) Structure of modular groups and generalizations; arithmetic groups (11F06) Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21) Algebraic systems of matrices (15A30) Toeplitz, Cauchy, and related matrices (15B05) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45)

arXiv classification

math.COmath.QA

Abstract: There is a concept in linear algebra called a tridiagonal pair. The concept was motivated by the theory of $Q$-polynomial distance-regular graphs. We give a tutorial introduction to tridiagonal pairs, working with a special case as a concrete example. The special case is called totally bipartite, or TB. Starting from first principles, we give an elementary but comprehensive account of TB tridiagonal pairs. The following topics are discussed: (i) the notion of a TB tridiagonal system; (ii) the eigenvalue array; (iii) the standard basis and matrix representations; (iv) the intersection numbers; (v) the Askey-Wilson relations; (vi) a recurrence involving the eigenvalue array; (vii) the classification of TB tridiagonal systems; (viii) self-dual TB tridiagonal pairs and systems; (ix) the $mathbb{Z}_3$-symmetric Askey-Wilson relations; (x) some automorphisms and antiautomorphisms associated with a TB tridiagonal pair; (xi) an action of the modular group ${mPSL}_2(mathbbZ)$ associated with a TB tridiagonal pair.

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