A functional realization of the Gelfand-Tsetlin base

Abstract

In the paper we consider a realization of a finite dimensional irreducible representation of the Lie algebra $\mathfrak{gl}_n$ in the space of functions on the group $GL_n$. It is proved that functions corresponding to Gelfand-Tsetlin diagrams are linear combinations of some new functions of hypergeometric type which are closely related to $A$-hypergeometric functions. These new functions are solution of a system of partial differential equations which one obtains from the Gelfand-Kapranov-Zelevinsky by an "antisymmetrization". The coefficients in the constructed linear combination are hypergeometric constants i.e. they are values of some hypergeometric functions when instead of all arguments ones are substituted.