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Eric M. Opdam

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Ellipticity and discrete series

We explain by elementary means why the existence of a discrete series representation of a real reductive group $G$ implies the existence of a compact Cartan subgroup of $G$. The presented approach has the potential to generalize to real spherical spaces.

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The infinitesimal characters of discrete series for real spherical spaces

Let $Z=G/H$ be the homogeneous space of a real reductive group and a unimodular real spherical subgroup, and consider the regular representation of $G$ on $L^2(Z)$. It is shown that all representations of the discrete series, that is, the irreducible subrepresentations of $L^2(Z)$, have infinitesimal characters which are real and belong to a lattice. Moreover, let $K$ be a maximal compact subgroup of $G$. Then each irreducible representation of $K$ occurs in a finite set of such discrete series representations only. Similar results are obtained for the twisted discrete series, that is, the discrete components of the space of square integrable sections of a line bundle, given by a unitary character on an abelian extension of $H$.

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Formal degrees of unipotent discrete series representations and the exotic Fourier transform

We introduce a notion of elliptic fake degrees for unipotent elliptic representations of a semisimple p-adic group. We conjecture, and verify in some cases, that the relation between the formal degrees of unipotent discrete series representations of a semisimple p-adic group and the elliptic fake degrees is given by the exotic Fourier transform matrix introduced by Lusztig in the study of representations of finite groups of Lie type.

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Algebraic and analytic Dirac induction for graded affine Hecke algebras

We define the algebraic Dirac induction map $\Ind_D$ for graded affine Hecke algebras. The map $\Ind_D$ is a Hecke algebra analog of the explicit realization of the Baum-Connes assembly map in the $K$-theory of the reduced $C^*$-algebra of a real reductive group using Dirac operators. The definition of $\Ind_D$ is uniform over the parameter space of the graded affine Hecke algebra. We show that the map $\Ind_D$ defines an isometric isomorphism from the space of elliptic characters of the Weyl group (relative to its reflection representation) to the space of elliptic characters of the graded affine Hecke algebra. We also study a related analytically defined global elliptic Dirac operator between unitary representations of the graded affine Hecke algebra which are realized in the spaces of sections of vector bundles associated to certain representations of the pin cover of the Weyl group. In this way we realize all irreducible discrete series modules of the Hecke algebra in the kernels (and indices) of such analytic Dirac operators. This can be viewed as a graded Hecke algebra analogue of the construction of discrete series representations for semisimple Lie groups due to Parthasarathy and Atiyah-Schmid.

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Analysis on the crown domain

In this paper one finds:1) A simple combinatorical description of the distinguished boundary of the crown domain in terms of the affine Weyl group; 2) Optimal upper and lower bounds for holomorphically extended spherical functions; 3) First progress on how to attach complex invariants to irreducible representations; 4) A new unipotent model for the crown domain; 5) Optimal bounds for the exponential decay of cuspidal automorphic forms.

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Periodic integrable systems with delta-potentials

In this paper we study root system generalizations of the quantum Bose-gas on the circle with pair-wise delta function interactions. The underlying symmetry structures are shown to be governed by the associated graded of Cherednik's (suitably filtered) degenerate double affine Hecke algebra, acting by Dunkl-type differential-reflection operators. We use Gutkin's generalization of the equivalence between the impenetrable Bose-gas and the free Fermi-gas to derive the Bethe ansatz equations and the Bethe ansatz eigenfunctions.

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On the spectral decomposition of affine Hecke algebras

An affine Hecke algebra H contains a large abelian subalgebra A. The center Z of H is the subalgebra of Weyl group invariant elements in A. The natural trace of the affine Hecke algebra can be written as an integral of a rational $n$ form (with values in the linear dual of H) over a certain cycle in the algebraic torus T=spec(A). We derive the Plancherel formula of the affine Hecke algebra by localization of this integral on a certain subset of spec(Z).

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A generating function for the trace of the Iwahori-Hecke algebra

The Iwahori-Hecke algebra has a ``natural'' trace $τ$. This trace is the evaluation at the identity element in the usual interpretation of the Iwahori-Hecke algebra as a sub-algebra of the convolution algebra of a p-adic semi-simple group. The Iwahori-Hecke algebra contains an important commutative sub-algebra ${\bf C}[θ_x]$, that was described and studied by Bernstein, Zelevinski and Lusztig. In this note we compute the generating function for the value of $τ$ on the basis $θ_x$.

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Lectures on Dunkl operators

These are the lecture notes of a series of lectures on Dunkl operators. We discuss the underlying algebraic structure of the degenerate double affine Hecke algebra, intertwiners and shift operators. We apply this to Macdonald theory. We also discuss the ``compact'' and ``noncompact'' spectral decomposition of these operators. In the attractive noncompact situation we classify the discrete eigenfunctions and compute their square norms.

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Cuspidal hypergeometric functions

We prove the Plancherel formula for hypergeometric functions associated to a root system in the situation when the root multiplicities are negative (but close to 0). As a result we obtain a classification of the hypergeometric functions that are square integrable, and we find a closed formula for their square norm as a function of the root multiplicities.

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Complex Reflection Groups and Fake Degrees

In this paper we study the Hecke algebra associated with a complex reflection group W. We discuss some properties of the Galois group of the splitting field of this algebra, and study its action on the so-called fake degrees of W. The methods we use to study the Hecke algebra are based on the construction of representations of this algebra as monodromy of equations of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov type.

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