Under the assumption of positive multiplicity, we obtain basic estimates of the hypergeometric functions F\_\la and G\_\la of Heckman and Opdam, and sharp estimates of the particular functions F\_0 and G\_0. Next we prove the Paley-Wiener theorem for the Schwartz class, solve the heat equation and estimate the heat kernel.
We establish Hardy--Littlewood inequalities for the Heckman--Opdam transform associated to a general root datum $(\mathfrak{a},Σ,m)$ that generalizes an analogous result for the spherical Fourier transform on a Riemannian symmetric space of the non-compact type due to Eguchi and Kumahara. In particular we obtain a more precise Hausdorff--Young inequality that generalizes a recent result due to Narayanan, Pasquale, and Pusti.
We describe the set of bounded harmonic functions for the Heckman--Opdam Laplacian, when the multiplicity function is larger than 1/2. We prove that this set is a vector space of dimension the cardinality of the Weyl group. We give some consequences in terms of the associated hypergeometric functions.
We study convolution algebras associated with Heckman-Opdam polynomials. For root systems of type BC we derive three continuous classes of positive convolution algebras (hypergroups) by interpolating the double coset convolution structures of compact Grassmannians U/K with fixed rank over the real, complex or quaternionic numbers. These convolution algebras are linked to explicit positive product formulas for Heckman-Opdam polynomials of type BC, which occur for certain discrete multiplicities as the spherical functions of U/K. These results complement those of a recent paper by the second aut…
In the first part of this paper, we study the heat equation and the heat kernel associated with the Heckman-Opdam Laplacian in the compact, Weyl-group invariant setting. In particular, this Laplacian gives rise to a Feller-Markov semigroup on a fundamental alcove of the affine Weyl group. The second part of the paper is devoted to the Segal-Bargmann transform in our context. A Hilbert space of holomorphic functions is defined such that the $L^2$-heat transform becomes a unitary isomorphism.
In this paper, we derive explicit product formulas and positive convolution structures for three continuous classes of Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric functions of type $BC$. For specific discrete series of multiplicities these hypergeometric functions occur as the spherical functions of non-compact Grassmann manifolds $G/K$ over one of the (skew) fields $\mathbb F= \mathbb R, \mathbb C, \mathbb H.$ We write the product formula of these spherical functions in an explicit form which allows analytic continuation with respect to the parameters. In each of the three cases, we obtain a series of hyper…
In this paper we present explicit product formulas for a continuous two-parameter family of Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric functions of type BC on Weyl chambers $C_q\subset \mathbb R^q$ of type $B$. These formulas are related to continuous one-parameter families of probability-preserving convolution structures on $C_q\times\mathbb R$. These convolutions on $C_q\times\mathbb R$ are constructed via product formulas for the spherical functions of the symmetric spaces $U(p,q)/ (U(p)\times SU(q))$ and associated double coset convolutions on $C_q\times\mathbb T$ with the torus $\mathbb T$. We shall ob…
We consider the generators $L_k$ of Heckman-Opdam diffusion processes in the compact and non-compact case in $N$ dimensions for root systems of type $A$ and $B$, with a multiplicity function of the form $k=κk_0$ with some fixed value $k_0$ and a varying constant $κ\in\,[0,\infty[$. Using elementary symmetric functions, we present polynomials which are simultaneous eigenfunctions of the $L_k$ for all $κ\in\,]0,\infty[$. This leads to martingales associated with the Heckman-Opdam diffusions $ (X_{t,1},\ldots,X_{t,N})_{t\ge0}$. As our results extend to the freezing case $κ=\infty$ with a determin…
The Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric functions of type BC extend classical Jacobi functions in one variable and include the spherical functions of non-compact Grassmann manifolds over the real, complex or quaternionic numbers. There are various limit transitions known for such hypergeometric functions. In the present paper, we use an explicit form of the Harish-Chandra integral representation as well as an interpolated variant, in order to obtain limit results for three continuous classes of hypergeometric functions of type BC which are distinguished by explicit, sharp and uniform error bounds. Th…
The aim of this paper is to give an explicit formula for the nonsymmetric Heckman-Opdam's hypergeometric function of type $A_2$. This is obtained by differentiating the corresponding symmetric hypergeometric function.
We present an explicit product formula for the spherical functions of the compact Gelfand pairs $(G,K_1)= (SU(p+q), SU(p)\times SU(q))$ with $p\ge 2q$, which can be considered as the elementary spherical functions of one-dimensional $K$-type for the Hermitian symmetric spaces $G/K$ with $K= S(U(p)\times U(q))$. Due to results of Heckman, they can be expressed in terms of Heckman-Opdam Jacobi polynomials of type $BC_q$ with specific half-integer multiplicities. By analytic continuation with respect to the multiplicity parameters we obtain positive product formulas for the extensions of these sp…
In this note, a new proof for the positivity of Dunkl's intertwining operator in the crystallographic case is given. It is based on an asymptotic relationship between the Opdam-Cherednik kernel and the Dunkl kernel as recently observed by M. de Jeu, and on positivity results of S. Sahi for the Heckman-Opdam polynomials and their non-symmetric counterparts.
We express explicitly the Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric function for the root system of type A with a certain degenerate parameter in terms of the Lauricella hypergeometric function.
We consider compact Grassmann manifolds $G/K$ over the real, complex or quaternionic numbers whose spherical functions are Heckman-Opdam polynomials of type $BC$. From an explicit integral representation of these polynomials we deduce a sharp Mehler-Heine formula, that is an approximation of the Heckman-Opdam polynomials in terms of Bessel functions, with a precise estimate on the error term. This result is used to derive a central limit theorem for random walks on the semi-lattice parametrizing the dual of $G/K$, which are constructed by successive decompositions of tensor powers of spherical…
We study the action of hypergeometric shift operators on the Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric functions associated with the $BC_n$ type root system and some negative multiplicities. Those hypergeometric functions are connected to the $χ$-spherical functions on Hermitian symmetric spaces $U/K$ where $χ$ is a nontrivial character of $K$. We apply shift operators to the hypergeometric functions to move negative multiplicities to positive ones. This allows us to use many well-known results of the hypergeometric functions associated with positive multiplicities. In particular, we use this technique to …
We obtain symmetric joint eigenfunctions for the commuting PDOs associated to the hyperbolic Calogero-Moser N-particle system. The eigenfunctions are constructed via a recursion scheme, which leads to representations by multidimensional integrals whose integrands are elementary functions. We also tie in these eigenfunctions with the Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric function for the root system A_{N-1}.
A series expansion for Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric functions $φ_λ$ is obtained for all $λ\in \mathfrak a^*_{\mathbb C}.$ As a consequence, estimates for $φ_λ$ away from the walls of a Weyl chamber are established. We also characterize the bounded hypergeometric functions and thus prove an analogue of the celebrated theorem of Helgason and Johnson on the bounded spherical functions on a Riemannian symmetric space of the noncompact type. The $L^p$-theory for the hypergeometric Fourier transform is developed for $0<p<2$. In particular, an inversion formula is proved when $1\leq p <2$.
The spherical functions of the noncompact Grassmann manifolds over the real or complex numbers or the quaternions with rank q and dimension parameter p can be seen as Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric functions of type BC, when the double coset space is identified with some Weyl chamber of type B. The associated double coset hypergroups may be embedded into a continuous family of commutative hypergroups with these hypergeometric functions as multiplicative functions with p in some continuous parameter range by a result of Rösler. Several limit theorems for random walks associated with these hypergr…
Let $F_{BC}(λ,k;t)$ be the Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric function of type BC with multiplicities $k=(k_1,k_2,k_3)$ and weighted half sum $ρ(k)$ of positive roots. We prove that $F_{BC}(λ+ρ(k),k;t)$ converges for $k_1+k_2\to\infty$ and $k_1/k_2\to \infty$ to a function of type A for $t\in\b R^n$ and $λ\in\b C^n$. 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 transitio…
Let $V_k$ denote Dunkl's intertwining operator associated with some root system $R$ and multiplicity function $k$. For two multiplicities $k, k^\prime$ on $R$, we study the operator $V_{k^\prime,k} = V_{k^\prime}\circ V_k^{-1}$, which intertwines the Dunkl operators for multiplicity $k$ with those for multiplicity $k^\prime.$ While it is well-known that the operator $V_k$ is positive for nonnegative $k$, it has been a long-standing conjecture that its generalizations $V_{k^\prime,k}$ are also positive if $k^\prime \geq k \geq 0,$ which is known to be true in rank one. In this paper, we disprov…
The spherical functions of the noncompact Grassmann manifolds $G_{p,q}(\mathbb F)=G/K$ over the (skew-)fields $\mathbb F=\mathbb R, \mathbb C, \mathbb H$ with rank $q\ge1$ and dimension parameter $p>q$ can be described as Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric functions of type BC, where the double coset space $G//K$ is identified with the Weyl chamber $ C_q^B\subset \mathbb R^q$ of type B. The corresponding product formulas and Harish-Chandra integral representations were recently written down by M. Rösler and the author in an explicit way such that both formulas can be extended analytically to all rea…