Juan Alfredo Tirao | Searcharxiv

arXiv2014

Spherical Functions of Fundamental $K$-Types Associated with the $n$-Dimensional Sphere

In this paper, we describe the irreducible spherical functions of fundamental $K$-types associated with the pair $(G,K)=({\mathrm{SO}}(n+1),{\mathrm{SO}}(n))$ in terms of matrix hypergeometric functions. The output of this description is that the irreducible spherical functions of the same $K$-fundamental type are encoded in new examples of classical sequences of matrix-valued orthogonal polynomials, of size $2$ and $3$, with respect to a matrix-weight $W$ supported on $[0,1]$. Moreover, we show that $W$ has a second order symmetric hypergeometric operator $D$.

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arXiv2012

Spherical Functions: The Spheres Vs. The Projective Spaces

In this paper we establish a close relationship between the spherical functions of the $n$-dimensional sphere $S^n\simeq\SO(n+1)/\SO(n)$ and the spherical functions of the $n$-dimensional real projective space $P^n(\mathbb{R})\simeq\SO(n+1)/\mathrm{O}(n)$. In fact, for $n$ odd a function on $\SO(n+1)$ is an irreducible spherical function of some type $π\in\hat\SO(n)$ if and only if it is an irreducible spherical function of some type $γ\in\hat {\mathrm{O}}(n)$. When $n$ is even this is also true for certain types, and in the other cases we exhibit a clear correspondence between the irreducible spherical functions of both pairs $(\SO(n+1),\SO(n))$ and $(\SO(n+1),\mathrm{O}(n))$. Summarizing, to find all spherical functions of one pair is equivalent to do so for the other pair.

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