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Limit transition between hypergeometric functions of type BC and type A

Part of: Abstract harmonic analysis Global differential geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2013

Margit Rösler ,
Tom Koornwinder  and
Michael Voit
Margit Rösler
Affiliation:
Institut für Mathematik, Universität Paderborn, Warburger Str. 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany email roesler@math.upb.de
Tom Koornwinder
Affiliation:
Korteweg de Vries Institute, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94248, 1090 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands email T.H.Koornwinder@uva.nl
Michael Voit
Affiliation:
Fakultät Mathematik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Vogelpothsweg 87, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany email michael.voit@math.tu-dortmund.de
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Abstract

Let ${F}_{BC} (\lambda , k; t)$ be the Heckman–Opdam hypergeometric function of type BC with multiplicities $k= ({k}_{1} , {k}_{2} , {k}_{3} )$ and weighted half-sum $\rho (k)$ of positive roots. We prove that ${F}_{BC} (\lambda + \rho (k), k; t)$ converges as ${k}_{1} + {k}_{2} \rightarrow \infty $ and ${k}_{1} / {k}_{2} \rightarrow \infty $ to a function of type A for $t\in { \mathbb{R} }^{n} $ and $\lambda \in { \mathbb{C} }^{n} $. This limit is obtained from a corresponding result for Jacobi polynomials of type BC, which is proven for a slightly more general limit behavior of the multiplicities, using an explicit representation of Jacobi polynomials in terms of Jack polynomials. Our limits include limit transitions for the spherical functions of non-compact Grassmann manifolds over one of the fields $ \mathbb{F} = \mathbb{R} , \mathbb{C} , \mathbb{H} $ when the rank is fixed and the dimension tends to infinity. The limit functions turn out to be exactly the spherical functions of the corresponding infinite-dimensional Grassmann manifold in the sense of Olshanski.

Keywords

hypergeometric functions associated with root systemslimit transitionsHeckman–Opdam theoryspherical functionsGrassmann manifoldsOlshanski spherical pairs

MSC classification

Secondary: 33C67: Hypergeometric functions associated with root systems 33C52: Orthogonal polynomials and functions associated with root systems 43A90: Spherical functions 33C80: Connections with groups and algebras, and related topics 53C35: Symmetric spaces

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Research Article
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Compositio Mathematica , Volume 149 , Issue 8 , August 2013 , pp. 1381 - 1400
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© The Author(s) 2013 

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