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Vladimir Soucek

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Massless field equations for spin 3/2 in dimension 6

Main topic of the paper is a study of properties of massless fields of spin 3/2 in its Euclidean version. A lot of information is available already for massless fields in dimension 4. Here, we concentrate on dimension 6 and we are using the fact that the group SL(4,C) is isomorphic with the group Spin(6,C). It makes it possible to use tensor formalism for massless fields. Main problems treated in the paper are a description of fields which need to be considered in the spin 3/2 case, a suitable choice of equations they should satisfy, irreducibility of homogeneous solutions of massless field equations, the Fischer decomposition and the Howe duality for such fields.

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The Cauchy Integral Formula in Hermitian, Quaternionic and osp(4|2) Clifford Analysis

As is the case for the theory of holomorphic functions in the complex plane, the Cauchy Integral Formula has proven to be a corner stone of Clifford analysis, the monogenic function theory in higher dimensional euclidean space. In recent years, several new branches of Clifford analysis have emerged. Similarly as hermitian Clifford analysis in euclidean space R^{2n} of even dimension emerged as a refinement of euclidean Clifford analysis by introducing a complex structure on R^{2n}, quaternionic Clifford analysis arose as a further refinement by introducing a so--called hypercomplex structure Q, i.e.\ three complex structures (I, J, K) which submit to the quaternionic multiplication rules, on R^{4p}, the dimension now being a fourfold. Two, respectively four, differential operators lead to first order systems invariant under the action of the respective symmetry groups U(n) and Sp(p). Their simultaneous null solutions are called hermitian monogenic and quaternionic monogenic functions respectively. In this contribution we further elaborate on the Caychy Integral Formula for hermitian and quaternionic monogenic functions. Moreover we establish Caychy integral formulae for osp(4|2)--monogenic functions, the newest branch of Clifford analysis refining quaternionic monogenicity by taking the underlying symplectic symmetry fully into account.

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Subriemannian metrics and the metrizability of parabolic geometries

We present the linearized metrizability problem in the context of parabolic geometries and subriemannian geometry, generalizing the metrizability problem in projective geometry studied by R. Liouville in 1889. We give a general method for linearizability and a classification of all cases with irreducible defining distribution where this method applies. These tools lead to natural subriemannian metrics on generic distributions of interest in geometric control theory.

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Fischer decomposition for spinor valued polynomials in several variables

It is well-known that polynomials decompose into spherical harmonics. This result is called separation of variables or the Fischer decomposition. In the paper we prove the Fischer decomposition for spinor valued polynomials in $k$ vector variables of ${\mathbb R}^m$ under the stable range condition $m\geq 2k$. Here the role of spherical harmonics is played by monogenic polynomials, that is, polynomial solutions of the Dirac equation in $k$ vector variables.

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A reciprocity law and the skew Pieri rule for the symplectic group

We use the theory of skew duality to show that decomposing the tensor product of $k$ irreducible representations of the symplectic group $Sp_{2m} = Sp_{2m}(C)$ is equivalent to branching from $Sp_{2n}$ to $Sp_{2n_1}\times\cdots\times Sp_{2n_k}$ where $n, n_1,\ldots, n_k$ are positive integers such that $n = n_1+\cdots+n_k$ and the $n_j$'s depend on $m$ as well as the representations in the tensor product. Using this result and a work of J. Lepowsky, we obtain a skew Pieri rule for $Sp_{2m}$, i.e., a description of the irreducible decomposition of the tensor product of an irreducible representation of the symplectic group $Sp_{2m}$ with a fundamental representation.

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Relative BGG sequences; I. Algebra

We develop a relative version of Kostant's harmonic theory and use this to prove a relative version of Kostant's theorem on Lie algebra (co)homology. These are associated to two nested parabolic subalgebras in a semisimple Lie algebra. We show how relative homology groups can be used to realize representations with lowest weight in one (regular or singular) affine Weyl orbit. In the regular case, we show how all the weights in the orbit can be realized as relative homology groups (with different coefficients). These results are motivated by applications to differential geometry and the construction of invariant differential operators.

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Fundaments of Quaternionic Clifford Analysis II: Splitting of Equations

Quaternionic Clifford analysis is a recent new branch of Clifford analysis, a higher dimensional function theory which refines harmonic analysis and generalizes to higher dimension the theory of holomorphic functions in the complex plane. So-called quaternionic monogenic functions satisfy a system of first order linear differential equations expressed in terms of four interrelated Dirac operators. The conceptual significance of quaternionic Clifford analysis is unraveled by showing that quaternionic monogenicity can be characterized by means of generalized gradients in the sense of Stein and Weiss. At the same time, connections between quaternionic monogenic functions and other branches of Clifford analysis, viz Hermitian monogenic and standard or Euclidean monogenic functions are established as well.

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Relative BGG sequences; II. BGG machinery and invariant operators

For a real or complex semisimple Lie group $G$ and two nested parabolic subgroups $Q\subset P\subset G$, we study parabolic geometries of type $(G,Q)$. Associated to the group $P$, we introduce a class of relative natural bundles and relative tractor bundles and construct some basic invariant differential operators on such bundles. We define a (rather weak) notion of "compressability" for operators acting on relative differential forms with values in a relative tractor bundle. The we develop a general machinery which converts a compressable operator to an operator on bundles associated to completely reducible representations on relative Lie algebra homology groups. Applying this machinery to a specific compressable invariant differential operator of order one, we obtain a relative version of BGG (Bernstein--Gelfand--Gelfand) sequences. All our constructions apply in the case $P=G$, producing new and simpler proofs in the case of standard BGG sequences. We characterize cases in which the relative BGG sequences are complexes or even fine resolutions of certain sheaves and describe these sheaves. We show that this gives constructions of new invariant differential operators as well as of new subcomplexes in certain curved BGG sequences. The results are made explicit in the case of generalized path geometries.

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Branching laws for Verma modules and applications in parabolic geometry. I

We initiate a new study of differential operators with symmetries and combine this with the study of branching laws for Verma modules of reductive Lie algebras. By the criterion for discretely decomposable and multiplicity-free restrictions of generalized Verma modules [T. Kobayashi, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00031-012-9180-y {Transf. Groups (2012)}], we are brought to natural settings of parabolic geometries for which there exist unique equivariant differential operators to submanifolds. Then we apply a new method (F-method) relying on the Fourier transform to find singular vectors in generalized Verma modules, which significantly simplifies and generalizes many preceding works. In certain cases, it also determines the Jordan--Hölder series of the restriction for singular parameters. The F-method yields an explicit formula of such unique operators, for example, giving an intrinsic and new proof of Juhl's conformally invariant differential operators [Juhl, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-9900-9 {Progr. Math. 2009}] and its generalizations. This article is the first in the series, and the next ones include their extension to curved cases together with more applications of the F-method to various settings in parabolic geometries.

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Fischer Decomposition for osp(4|2)-monogenics in Quaternion Clifford Analysis

Spaces of spinor-valued homogeneous polynomials, and in particular spaces of spinor-valued spherical harmonics, are decomposed in terms of irreducible representations of the symplectic group Sp$( p)$. These Fischer decompositions involve spaces of homogeneous, so-called $\mathfrak{osp}(4|2)$-monogenic polynomials, the Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{osp}(4|2)$ being the Howe dual partner to the symplectic group Sp$( p)$. In order to obtain Sp$( p)$-irreducibility this new concept of $\mathfrak{osp}(4|2)$-monogenicity has to be introduced as a refinement of quaternionic monogenicity; it is defined by means of the four quaternionic Dirac operators, a scalar Euler operator $\mathbb{E}$ underlying the notion of symplectic harmonicity and a multiplicative Clifford algebra operator $P$ underlying the decomposition of spinor space into symplectic cells. These operators $\mathbb{E}$ and $P$, and their hermitian conjugates, arise naturally when constructing the Howe dual pair $\mathfrak{osp}(4|2) \times$ Sp$( p)$, the action of which will make the Fischer decomposition multiplicityfree.

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The Radon transform between monogenic and generalized slice monogenic functions

In [J. Bures, R. Lavicka, V. Soucek, Elements of quaternionic analysis and Radon transform, Textos de Matematica 42, Departamento de Matematica, Universidade de Coimbra, 2009], the authors describe a link between holomorphic functions depending on a parameter and monogenic functions defined on R^(n+1) using the Radon and dual Radon transforms. The main aim of this paper is to further develop this approach. In fact, the Radon transform for functions with values in the Clifford algebra R_n is mapping solutions of the generalized Cauchy-Riemann equation, i.e., monogenic functions, to a parametric family of holomorphic functions with values in R_n and, analogously, the dual Radon transform is mapping parametric families of holomorphic functions as above to monogenic functions. The parametric families of holomorphic functions considered in the paper can be viewed as a generalization of the so-called slice monogenic functions. An important part of the problem solved in the paper is to find a suitable definition of the function spaces serving as the domain and the target of both integral transforms.

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Fundaments of Quaternionic Clifford Analysis III: Fischer Decomposition in Symplectic Harmonic Analysis

In the framework of quaternionic Clifford analysis in Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^{4p}$, which constitutes a refinement of Euclidean and Hermitian Clifford analysis, the Fischer decomposition of the space of complex valued polynomials is obtained in terms of spaces of so--called (adjoint) symplectic spherical harmonics, which are irreducible modules for the symplectic group Sp$(p)$. Its Howe dual partner is determined to be $\mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{C}) \oplus \mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{C}) = \mathfrak{so}(4,\mathbb{C})$.

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Fundaments of Quaternionic Clifford Analysis I

Introducing a quaternionic structure on Euclidean space, the fundaments for quaternionic and symplectic Clifford analysis are studied in detail from the viewpoint of invariance for the symplectic group action.

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The Clifford Deformation of the Hermite Semigroup

This paper is a continuation of the paper [arXiv:0911.4725], investigating a natural radial deformation of the Fourier transform in the setting of Clifford analysis. At the same time, it gives extensions of many results obtained in [arXiv:0907.3749]. We establish the analogues of Bochner's formula and the Heisenberg uncertainty relation in the framework of the (holomorphic) Hermite semigroup, and also give a detailed analytic treatment of the series expansion of the associated integral transform.

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Joseph-like ideals and harmonic analysis for osp(m|2n)

The Joseph ideal in the universal enveloping algebra U(so(m)) is the annihilator ideal of the so(m)-representation on the harmonic functions on R^{m-2}. The Joseph ideal for sp(2n) is the annihilator ideal of the Segal-Shale-Weil (metaplectic) representation. Both ideals can be constructed in a unified way from a quadratic relation in the tensor algebra of g for g equal to so(m) or sp(2n). In this paper we construct two analogous ideals in the tensor algebra of g and U(g) for g the orthosymplectic Lie superalgebra osp(m|2n)=spo(2n|m) and prove that they have unique characterizations that naturally extend the classical case. Then we show that these two ideals are the annihilator ideals of respectively the osp(m|2n)-representation on the spherical harmonics on R^{m-2|2n} and a generalization of the metaplectic representation to spo(2n|m). This proves that these ideals are reasonable candidates to establish the theory of Joseph-like ideals for Lie superalgebras. We also discuss the relation between the Joseph ideal of osp(m|2n) and the algebra of symmetries of the super conformal Laplace operator, regarded as an intertwining operator between principal series representations for osp(m|2n).

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The Fischer decomposition for Hodge-de Rham systems in Euclidean spaces

The classical Fischer decomposition of spinor-valued polynomials is a key result on solutions of the Dirac equation in the Euclidean space R^m. As is well-known, it can be understood as an irreducible decomposition with respect to the so-called L-action of the Pin group Pin(m). But, on Clifford algebra valued polynomials, we can consider also the H-action of Pin(m). In this paper, the corresponding Fischer decomposition for the H-action is obtained. It turns out that, in this case, basic building blocks are the spaces of homogeneous solutions to the Hodge-de Rham system. Moreover, it is shown that the Fischer decomposition for the H-action can be viewed even as a refinement of the classical one.

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The Gelfand-Tsetlin bases for Hodge-de Rham systems in Euclidean spaces

The main aim of this paper is to construct explicitly orthogonal bases for the spaces of k-homogeneous polynomial solutions of the Hodge-de Rham system in the Euclidean space R^m which take values in the space of s-vectors. Actually, we describe even the so-called Gelfand-Tsetlin bases for such spaces in terms of Gegenbauer polynomials. As an application, we obtain an algorithm how to compute an orthogonal basis of the space of homogeneous solutions of a generalized Moisil-Theodoresco system in R^m.

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