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In this paper we give a concrete recipe how to construct triples of algebra-valued meromorphic functions on a complex vector space a satisfying three coupled classical dynamical Yang–Baxter equations and an associated classical dynamical reflection equation. Such triples provide the local factors of a consistent system of first order differential operators on a , generalising asymptotic boundary Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov–Bernard (KZB) equations. The recipe involves folding and contracting a -invariant and θ -twisted symmetric classical dynamical r -matrices along an involutive automorphism θ . In case of the universal enveloping algebra of a simple Lie algebra g we determine the subclass of Schiffmann’s classical dynamical r -matrices which are a -invariant and θ -twisted. The paper starts with a section highlighting the connections between asymptotic (boundary) KZB equations, representation theory of semisimple Lie groups, and integrable quantum field theories.

Nonsymmetric interpolation Laurent polynomials in $n$ variables are introduced, with the interpolation points depending on $q$ and on a $n$-tuple of parameters $\tau=(\tau_1,\ldots,\tau_n)$. When $\tau_i=st^{n-i}$ Okounkov's $3$-parameter $BC_n$-type interpolation Macdonald polynomials are recovered from the nonsymmetric interpolation Laurent polynomials through Hecke algebra symmetrisation with respect to a type $C_n$ Hecke algebra action. In the appendix we give some conjectures about extra vanishing, based on Mathematica computations in rank two., Comment: 32 pages, 9 figures; v5: thoroughly revised version, including a new introduction. To appear in Transformation Groups

Let $\mathfrak{g}(A)$ be the Kac-Moody algebra with respect to a symmetrizable generalized Cartan matrix $A$. We give an explicit presentation of the fix-point Lie subalgebra $\mathfrak{k}(A)$ of $\mathfrak{g}(A)$ with respect to the Chevalley involution. It is a presentation of $\mathfrak{k}(A)$ involving inhomogeneous versions of the Serre relations, or, from a different perspective, a presentation generalizing the Dolan-Grady presentation of the Onsager algebra. In the finite and untwisted affine case we explicitly compute the structure constants of $\mathfrak{k}(A)$ in terms of a Chevalley type basis of $\mathfrak{k}(A)$. For the symplectic Lie algebra and its untwisted affine extension we explicitly describe the one-dimensional representations of $\mathfrak{k}(A)$., 20 pages. v2: typos corrected and references added

Cherednik's type A quantum affine Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov (qKZ) equations form a consistent system of linear $q$-difference equations for $V_n$-valued meromorphic functions on a complex $n$-torus, with $V_n$ a module over the GL${}_n$-type extended affine Hecke algebra $\mathcal{H}_n$. The family $(\mathcal{H}_n)_{n\geq 0}$ of extended affine Hecke algebras forms a tower of algebras, with the associated algebra morphisms $\mathcal{H}_n\rightarrow\mathcal{H}_{n+1}$ the Hecke algebra descends of arc insertion at the affine braid group level. In this paper we consider qKZ towers $(f^{(n)})_{n\geq 0}$ of solutions, which consist of twisted-symmetric polynomial solutions $f^{(n)}$ ($n\geq 0$) of the qKZ equations that are compatible with the tower structure on $(\mathcal{H}_n)_{n\geq 0}$. The compatibility is encoded by so-called braid recursion relations: $f^{(n+1)}(z_1,\ldots,z_{n},0)$ is required to coincide up to a quasi-constant factor with the push-forward of $f^{(n)}(z_1,\ldots,z_{n})$ by an intertwiner $\mu_{n}: V_{n}\rightarrow V_{n+1}$ of $\mathcal{H}_{n}$-modules, where $V_{n+1}$ is considered as an $\mathcal{H}_{n}$-module through the tower structure on $(\mathcal{H}_n)_{n\geq 0}$. We associate to the dense loop model on the half-infinite cylinder with nonzero loop weights a qKZ tower $(f^{(n)})_{n\geq 0}$ of solutions. The solutions $f^{(n)}$ are constructed from specialised dual non-symmetric Macdonald polynomials with specialised parameters using the Cherednik-Matsuo correspondence. In the special case that the extended affine Hecke algebra parameter is a third root of unity, $f^{(n)}$ coincides with the (suitably normalized) ground state of the inhomogeneous dense $O(1)$ loop model on the half-infinite cylinder with circumference $n$., Comment: 45 pages. v2: main theorem (Thm. 4.7) strengthened. v3: minor typos corrected. To appear in Ann. Henri Poincare

Chinta and Gunnells introduced a rather intricate multi-parameter Weyl group action on rational functions on a torus, which, when the parameters are specialized to certain Gauss sums, describes the functional equations of Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series associated to metaplectic (n-fold) covers of algebraic groups. In subsequent joint work with Puskas, they extended this action to a "metaplectic" representation of the equal parameter affine Hecke algebra, which allowed them to obtain explicit formulas for the p-parts of these Dirichlet series. They have also verified by a computer check the remarkable fact that their formulas continue to define a group action for general (unspecialized) parameters. In the first part of paper we give a conceptual explanation of this fact, by giving a uniform and elementary construction of the "metaplectic" representation for generic Hecke algebras as a suitable quotient of a parabolically induced affine Hecke algebra module, from which the associated Chinta-Gunnells Weyl group action follows through localization. In the second part of the paper we extend the metaplectic representation to the double affine Hecke algebra, which provides a generalization of Cherednik's basic representation. This allows us to introduce a new family of "metaplectic" polynomials, which generalize nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials. In this paper, we provide the details of the construction of metaplectic polynomials in type A; the general case will be handled in the sequel to this paper., 39 pages. Version 2 is a significant revision. Added second part introducing a new family of "metaplectic" polynomials, which generalize nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials and metaplectic Iwahori-Whittaker functions. Title has been changed and the introduction has been expanded

We provide elementary identities relating the three known types of non-symmetric interpolation Macdonald polynomials. In addition we derive a duality for non-symmetric interpolation Macdonald polynomials. We consider some applications of these results, in particular for binomial formulas involving non-symmetric interpolation Macdonald polynomials., 20 pages; v2: typos corrected; v3: final version with minor corrections. To appear in IMRN

We derive an explicit c-function expansion of a basic hypergeometric function associated to root systems. The basic hypergeometric function in question was constructed as explicit series expansion in symmetric Macdonald polynomials by Cherednik in case the associated twisted affine root system is reduced. Its construction was extended to the nonreduced case by the author. It is a meromorphic Weyl group invariant solution of the spectral problem of the Macdonald q-difference operators. The c-function expansion is its explicit expansion in terms of the basis of the space of meromorphic solutions of the spectral problem consisting of q-analogs of the Harish-Chandra series. We express the expansion coefficients in terms of a q-analog of the Harish-Chandra c-function, which is explicitly given as product of q-Gamma functions. The c-function expansion shows that the basic hypergeometric function formally is a q-analog of the Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric function, which in turn specializes to elementary spherical functions on noncompact Riemannian symmetric spaces for special values of the parameters., 42 pages; In version 2 we removed a technical condition on the lattice and corrected some small misprints; in version 3 we have made some minor revisions, and we have revised Subsections 5.2 and 5.3 establishing the link between the rank one case of the theory and the theory on basic hypergeometric series; in version 4 small typos corrected, references updated

Basic Harish-Chandra series are asymptotically free meromorphic solutions of the system of basic hypergeometric difference equations associated to root systems. The associated connection coefficients are explicitly computed in terms of Jacobi theta functions. We interpret the connection coefficients as the transition functions for asymptotically free meromorphic solutions of Cherednikʼs root system analogs of the quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations. They thus give rise to explicit elliptic solutions of root system analogs of dynamical Yang-Baxter and reflection equations. Applications to quantum c-functions, basic hypergeometric functions, reflectionless difference operators and multivariable Baker-Akhiezer functions are discussed.

We use the double affine Hecke algebra of type GL_N to construct an explicit consistent system of q-difference equations, which we call the bispectral quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov (BqKZ) equations. BqKZ includes, besides Cherednik's quantum affine KZ equations associated to principal series representations of the underlying affine Hecke algebra, a compatible system of q-difference equations acting on the central character of the principal series representations. We construct a meromorphic self-dual solution \Phi of BqKZ which, upon suitable specializations of the central character, reduces to symmetric self-dual Laurent polynomial solutions of quantum KZ equations. We give an explicit correspondence between solutions of BqKZ and solutions of a particular bispectral problem for the Ruijsenaars' commuting trigonometric q-difference operators. Under this correspondence \Phi becomes a self-dual Harish-Chandra series solution \Phi^+ of the bispectral problem. Specializing the central character as above, we recover from \Phi^+ the symmetric self-dual Macdonald polynomials., Comment: 52 pages

Reflection equation algebras and related U_q(g)-comodule algebras appear in various constructions of quantum homogeneous spaces and can be obtained via transmutation or equivalently via twisting by a cocycle. In this paper we investigate algebraic and representation theoretic properties of such so called `covariantized' algebras, in particular concerning their centres, invariants, and characters. Generalising M. Noumi's construction of quantum symmetric pairs we define a coideal subalgebra B_f of U_q(g) for each character f of a covariantized algebra. The locally finite part F_l(U_q(g)) of U_q(g) with respect to the left adjoint action is a special example of a covariantized algebra. We show that for each character f of F_l(U_q(g)) the centre Z(B_f) canonically contains the representation ring Rep(g) of the semisimple Lie algebra g. We show moreover that for g=sl_n(C) such characters can be constructed from any invertible solution of the reflection equation and hence we obtain many new explicit realisations of Rep(sl_n(C)) inside U_q(sl_n(C)). As an example we discuss the solutions of the reflection equation corresponding to the Grassmannian manifold Gr(m,2m) of m-dimensional subspaces in C^{2m}., 37 pages

In this paper we extend our previous results concerning Jackson integral solutions of the boundary quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations with diagonal K-operators to higher-spin representations of quantum affine $\mathfrak{sl}_2$. First we give a systematic exposition of known results on $R$-operators acting in the tensor product of evaluation representations in Verma modules over quantum $\mathfrak{sl}_2$. We develop the corresponding fusion of $K$-operators, which we use to construct diagonal $K$-operators in these representations. We construct Jackson integral solutions of the associated boundary quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations and explain how in the finite-dimensional case they can be obtained from our previous results by the fusion procedure., 36 pages; some small additions and corrections concerning mero-uniform convergence (Defn. 6.1) and rectified some notation issues for the function \mathcal{Y} (p21 and onwards). appears in Annales Henri Poincar\'e, 2014

We construct integral representations of solutions to the boundary quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations. These are difference equations taking values in tensor products of Verma modules of quantum affine $\mathfrak{sl}_2$, with the K-operators acting diagonally. The integrands in question are products of scalar-valued elliptic weight functions with vector-valued trigonometric weight functions (boundary Bethe vectors). These integrals give rise to a basis of solutions of the boundary qKZ equations over the field of quasi-constant meromorphic functions in weight subspaces of the tensor product., Comment: 35 pages, 1 figure

Hyperbolic beta integrals are analogues of Euler's beta integral in which the role of Euler's gamma function is taken over by Ruijsenaars' hyperbolic gamma function. They may be viewed as $(q,\widetilde{q})$-bibasic analogues of the beta integral in which the two bases $q$ and $\widetilde{q}$ are interrelated by modular inversion, and they entail $q$-analogues of the beta integral for $|q|=1$. The integrals under consideration are the hyperbolic analogues of the Ramanujan integral, the Askey-Wilson integral and the Nassrallah-Rahman integral. We show that the hyperbolic Nassrallah-Rahman integral is a formal limit case of Spiridonov's elliptic Nassrallah-Rahman integral., Comment: 35 pages. Remarks and references to recent new developments are added. To appear in Adv. Math

We interpret the five-parameter family of Macdonald-Koornwinder polynomials as vector valued spherical functions on quantum Grassmannians.

We give a detailed description of the resolution of the identity of a second-order q -difference operator considered as an unbounded self-adjoint operator on two different Hilbert spaces. The Hilbert spaces are weighted L 2 -spaces for a discrete measure on [-1,∞) and [-1,z] , and we expand an element of the L 2 -spaces in terms of eigenfunctions of L . We establish the inversion formula by studying the spectral decomposition of L . In the first case we establish the big q -Jacobi function transform as an analogue of the Jacobi function transform. In the second case we obtain the known orthogonality relations for the big q -Jacobi polynomials. The dual orthogonality relations in the first case give a one-parameter family of nonextremal orthogonality measures for the continuous dual q -1 -Hahn polynomials with q -1 >1 , and explicit sets of functions which complement these polynomials to orthogonal bases of the corresponding weighted L 2 -spaces. The q -difference operator and the two choices of Hilbert spaces arise from the harmonic analysis on the quantum groups SU q (1,1) and SU q (2) .

It is shown that a dynamical quantum group arising from a vertex-IRF transformation has a second realization with untwisted dynamical multiplication but nontrivial bigrading. Applied to the $\hbox{SL}(2;\mathbb{C})$ dynamical quantum group, the second realization is naturally described in terms of Koornwinder's twisted primitive elements. This leads to an intrinsic explanation why harmonic analysis on the ``classical'' $\hbox{SL}(2;\mathbb{C})$ quantum group with respect to twisted primitive elements, as initiated by Koornwinder, is the same as harmonic analysis on the $\hbox{SL}(2;\mathbb{C})$ dynamical quantum group., Comment: 24 pages

We show that limit transitions from Askey–Wilson polynomials toq-Racah, little and bigq-Jacobi polynomials can be made rigorous on the level of their orthogonality measures in a suitable weak sense. This allows us to derive the orthogonality relations and norm evaluations for theq-Racah polynomials, little and bigq-Jacobi polynomials by taking limits in the orthogonality relations and norm evaluations for the Askey–Wilson polynomials.

Cherednik attached to an affine Hecke algebra module a compatible system of difference equations, called quantum affine Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov (KZ) equations. In case of a principal series module we construct a basis of power series solutions of the quantum affine KZ equations. Relating the bases for different asymptotic sectors gives rise to a Weyl group cocycle, which we compute explicitly in terms of theta functions. For the spin representation of the affine Hecke algebra of type C the quantum affine KZ equations become the boundary qKZ equations associated to the Heisenberg spin-1/2 XXZ chain. We show that in this special case the results lead to an explicit 4-parameter family of elliptic solutions of the dynamical reflection equation associated to Baxter's 8-vertex face dynamical R-matrix. We use these solutions to define an explicit 9-parameter elliptic family of boundary quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov-Bernard (KZB) equations., Comment: 47 pages. v2: small corrections; v.3: small corrections in the proof of Thm. 3.15

Limit transitions will be derived between the five parameter family of Askey-Wilson polynomials, the four parameter family of big q-Jacobi polynomials and the three parameter family of little q-Jacobi polynomials in n variables associated with root system BC. These limit transitions generalize the known hierarchy structure between these families in the one variable case. Furthermore it will be proved that these three families are q-analogues of the three parameter family of BC type Jacobi polynomials in n variables. The limit transitions will be derived by taking limits of q-difference operators which have these polynomials as eigenfunctions.

In the first part (without proofs) an orthogonality measure with partly discrete and partly continuous support will be introduced for the five parameter family of multivariable BC type Askey–Wilson polynomials. In the second part, the limit transitions from BC type Askey–Wilson polynomials to BC type big and little q-Jacobi polynomials will be described in detail.

A four-parameter family of multivariable big q-Jacobi polynomials and a three-parameter family of multivariable little q-Jacobi polynomials are introduced. For both families, full orthogonality is proved with the help of a second-order q-difference operator which is diagonalized by the multivariable polynomials. A link is made between the orthogonality measures and R. Askey's q-extensions of Selberg's multidimensional beta-integrals.

The multivariable BC type Askey-Wilson polynomials are considered for a parameter domain such that the orthogonality measure has partly discrete and partly continuous support.

Solutions to boundary quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations are constructed as bilateral sums involving "off-shell" Bethe vectors in case the reflection matrix is diagonal and only the 2-dimensional representation of $U_q(\hat{\frak{sl}(2)})$ is involved. We also consider their rational and classical degenerations., 32 pages - some typos fixed, changed some terminology to conform to existing nomenclature (incl. change in title)

We realize an extended version of the trigonometric Cherednik algebra as affine Dunkl operators involving Heaviside functions. We use the quadratic Casimir element of the extended trigonometric Cherednik algebra to define an explicit nonstationary Schr\"odinger equation with delta-potential. We use coordinate Bethe ansatz methods to construct solutions of the nonstationary Schr\"odinger equation in terms of generalized Bethe wave functions. It is shown that the generalized Bethe wave functions satisfy affine difference Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations in their spectral parameter. The relation to the vector valued root system analogs of the quantum Bose gas on the circle with pairwise delta-function interactions is indicated., Comment: 23 pages; Version 2: expanded introduction and misprints corrected

In political systems and large organizations, ultimate decision makers are usually just a small subset of all actors in the social system. To arrive at acceptable decisions, decision makers have to take into account the preferences of other actors in the system. Typically preferences of more interested and more powerful actors are weighted heavier than those of less interested and powerful actors. This implies that the total leverage of an actor on the decision is determined by the combination of his power (his potential) and his interest (his willingness to mobilize his power). As the exact level of an actor's leverage is difficult to estimate for the other actors in the system, an actor is able to optimize his effects on outcomes of decisions by providing strategic information.In this paper, first an analytic solution is presented for the optimization of strategic leverage in collective decision making by one single actor. In this solution, the actor makes assumptions about the leverage other actors will show in decision making. Subsequently, the actor optimizes the outcomes of decisions by manipulating the distribution of his leverage over a set of issues.The analytic solution can be theoretically interpreted by decomposing the solution into three terms, the expected external leverage of the other actors on the issue, the evaluation of the deviance of the expected from the preferred outcome of the issue, and the restrictions on the distribution of leverage over the issues. The higher the expectation of the leverages the other actors will allocate to the issue, the less an actor is inclined to allocate leverage to the issue. The higher the evaluation of the deviance, the more an actor is inclined to allocate leverage to the issue. This is restricted, however, by the required distribution of leverages over the issues. The researcher is able to manipulate these restrictions to investigate its consequences for the outcomes.In the next step, we investigate whether we can find a Nash equilibrium if all actors optimize their leverage simultaneously. Under certain conditions, a Nash equilibrium can be found by an iterative process in which actors update their estimates oh each other's leverages on the basis of what the other actors have shown in previous iterations.Application of the model to artificial data shows that actors with strong preferences in the center have more possibilities to realize good outcomes than other actors. On the basis of an empirical application it is shown that a Nash equilibrium does not always arise after a large number of iterations unless actors have learning capabilities or are severely restricted in their strategic behavior.

Nonpolynomial basic hypergeometric eigenfunctions of the Askey-Wilson second order difference operator are known to be expressible as very-well-poised 8ϕ7 series. In this paper we use this fact to derive various basic hypergeometric and theta function identities. We relate most of them to identities from the existing literature on basic hypergeometric series. This leads for example to a new derivation of a known quadratic transformation formula for very-well-poised 8ϕ7 series. We also provide a link to Chalykh's theory on (rank one, BC type) Baker-Akhiezer functions.

Cherednik's quantum affine Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations associated to an affine Hecke algebra module M form a holonomic system of q-difference equations acting on M-valued functions on a complex torus T. In this paper the quantum affine Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations are related to the Cherednik-Macdonald theory when M is induced from a character of a standard parabolic subalgebra of the affine Hecke algebra. We set up correspondences between solutions of the quantum affine KZ equations and, on the one hand, solutions to the spectral problem of the Cherednik-Dunkl q-difference reflection operators (generalizing work of Kasatani and Takeyama) and, on the other hand, solutions to the spectral problem of the Cherednik-Macdonald q-difference operators (generalizing work of Cherednik). The correspondences are applicable to all relevant spaces of functions on T and for all parameter values, including the cases that q and/or the Hecke algebra parameters are roots of unity., Comment: 47 pages

For any module over the affine Weyl group we construct a representation of the associated trigonometric Cherednik algebra $A(k)$ at critical level in terms of Dunkl type operators. Under this representation the center of $A(k)$ produces quantum conserved integrals for root system generalizations of quantum spin-particle systems on the circle with delta function interactions. This enables us to translate the spectral problem of such a quantum spin-particle system to questions in the representation theory of $A(k)$. We use this approach to derive the associated Bethe ansatz equations. They are expressed in terms of the normalized intertwiners of $A(k)$., Comment: 31 pages

We analyze the centralizer of the Macdonald difference operator in an appropriate algebra of Weyl group invariant difference operators. We show that it coincides with Cherednik's commuting algebra of difference operators via an analog of the Harish-Chandra isomorphism. Analogs of Harish-Chandra series are defined and realized as solutions to the system of basic hypergeometric difference equations associated to the centralizer algebra. These Harish-Chandra series are then related to both Macdonald polynomials and Chalykh's Baker-Akhiezer functions., 38 pages. Small typos corrected

We derive generalizations of the Cherednik-Macdonald constant term identities associated to root systems which depend, besides on the usual multiplicity function, symmetrically on two quasi-periods. They are natural analogues of the Cherednik-Macdonald constant term q-identities in which the deformation parameter q is allowed to have modulus one. They unite the Cherednik-Macdonald constant term q-identities with closely related Jackson p-integral identities due to Macdonald, where the deformation parameter p is related to q by modular inversion., Comment: 13 pages

Based on Spiridonov's analysis of elliptic generalizations of the Gauss hypergeometric function, we develop a common framework for 7-parameter families of generalized elliptic, hyperbolic and trigonometric univariate hypergeometric functions. In each case we derive the symmetries of the generalized hypergeometric function under the Weyl group of type E_7 (elliptic, hyperbolic) and of type E_6 (trigonometric) using the appropriate versions of the Nassrallah-Rahman beta integral, and we derive contiguous relations using fundamental addition formulas for theta and sine functions. The top level degenerations of the hyperbolic and trigonometric hypergeometric functions are identified with Ruijsenaars' relativistic hypergeometric function and the Askey-Wilson function, respectively. We show that the degeneration process yields various new and known identities for hyperbolic and trigonometric special functions. We also describe an intimate connection between the hyperbolic and trigonometric theory, which yields an expression of the hyperbolic hypergeometric function as an explicit bilinear sum in trigonometric hypergeometric functions., Comment: 46 pages

Eigenfunctions of the Askey-Wilson second order q-difference operator for 0 < q < 1 and |q| = 1 are constructed as formal matrix coefficients of the principal series representation of the quantized universal enveloping algebra U q (\(\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}\)(2, ℂ)). The eigenfunctions are given in integral form. We show that for 0 < {tiq} < 1 the resulting eigenfunction can be rewritten as a very-well-poised 8ϕ7-series, and reduces for special parameter values to a natural elliptic analogue of the cosine kernel.

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., 36 pages. The analysis of the propagation operator in Sections 5 and 6 is corrected and simplified. To appear in Comm. Math. Phys

Generalized flag manifolds endowed with the Bruhat-Poisson bracket are compact Poisson homogeneous spaces, whose decompositions in symplectic leaves coincide with their stratifications in Schubert cells. In this note it is proved that the irreducible *-representations of the corresponding quantized flag manifolds are also parametrized by their Schubert cells. An important step is the determination of suitable algebraic generators of the quantized flag manifolds. These algebraic generators can be naturally expressed in terms of quantum Plucker coordinates. This note complements the paper of the author and Dijkhuizen in Commun. Math. Phys. 203 (1999), pp. 297-324, in which these results were established for a special subclass of generalized flag manifolds., Comment: 10 pages

In the first part of the paper kernels are constructed which meromorphically extend the Macdonald-Koornwinder polynomials in their degrees. In the second part of the paper the kernels associated with rank one root systems are used to define nonsymmetric variants of the spherical Fourier transform on the quantum SU(1,1) group. Related Plancherel and inversion formulas are derived using double affine Hecke algebra techniques., 68 pages, no figures

In this paper we present an addition to Askey’s scheme of q- hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials involving classes of q-special functions which do not consist of polynomials only. The special functions are q-analogues of the Jacobi and Bessel function. The generalized orthogonality relations and the second order q-differenee equations for these families are given. Limit transitions between these families are discussed. The quantum group theoretic interpretations are discussed shortly.

The five parameter family of multivariable Askey-Wilson polynomials is studied with four parameters generically complex. The multivariable Askey-Wilson polynomials form an orthogonal system with respect to an explicit (in general complex) measure. A partially discrete orthogonality measure is obtained by shifting the contour to the torus while picking up residues. A parameter domain is given for which the partially discrete orthogonality measure is positive. The orthogonality relations and norm evaluations for multivariable q-Racah polynomials and multivariable big and little q-Jacobi polynomials are proved by taking suitable limits in the orthogonality relations for the multivariable Askey-Wilson polynomials. In particular new proofs of several well known q-analogues of the Selberg integral are obtained.

The quantum complex Grassmannian U_q/K_q of rank l is the quotient of the quantum unitary group U_q=U_q(n) by the quantum subgroup K_q=U_q(n-l)xU_q(l). We show that (U_q,K_q) is a quantum Gelfand pair and we express the zonal spherical functions, i.e. K_q-biinvariant matrix coefficients of finite- dimensional irreducible representations of U_q, as multivariable little q-Jacobi polynomials depending on one discrete parameter. Another type of biinvariant matrix coefficients is identified as multivariable big q-Jacobi polynomials. The proof is based on earlier results by Noumi, Sugitani and the first author relating Koornwinder polynomials to a one-parameter family of quantum complex Grassmannians, and certain limit transitions from Koornwinder polynomials to multivariable big and little q-Jacobi polynomials studied by Koornwinder and the second author., 39 pages, no figures, Latex2e

We study irreducible *-representations of a certain quantization of the algebra of polynomial functions on a generalized flag manifold regarded as a real manifold. All irreducible *-representations are classified for a subclass of flag manifolds containing in particular the irreducible compact Hermitian symmetric spaces. For this subclass it is shown that the irreducible *-representations are parametrized by the symplectic leaves of the underlying Poisson bracket. We also discuss the relation between the quantized flag manifolds studied in this paper and the quantum flag manifolds studied by Soibelman, Lakshimibai and Reshetikhin, Jurco and Stovicek, and Korogodsky., AMS-LaTeX v1.2, 27 pages, no figures

The Koornwinder-Macdonald multivariable generalization of the Askey-Wilson polynomials is studied for parameters satisfying a truncation condition such that the orthogonality measure becomes discrete with support on a finite grid. For this parameter regime the polynomials may be seen as a multivariable counterpart of the (one-variable) $q$-Racah polynomials. We present the discrete orthogonality measure, expressions for the normalization constants converting the polynomials into an orthonormal system (in terms of the normalization constant for the unit polynomial), and we discuss the limit $q\to 1$ leading to multivariable Racah type polynomials. Of special interest is the situation that $q$ lies on the unit circle; in that case it is found that there exists a natural parameter domain for which the discrete orthogonality measure (which is complex in general) becomes real-valued and positive. We investigate the properties of a finite-dimensional discrete integral transform for functions over the grid, whose kernel is determined by the multivariable $q$-Racah polynomials with parameters in this positivity domain., Comment: AMS-LaTeX v1.2, 38 pages

We derive explicit dimension formulas for irreducible $M_F$-spherical $K_F$-representations where $K_F$ is the maximal compact subgroup of the general linear group $GL(d,F)$ over a local field $F$ and $M_F$ is a closed subgroup of $K_F$ such that $K_F/M_F$ realizes the Grassmannian of $n$-dimensional $F$-subspaces of $F^d$. We explore the fact that $(K_F,M_F)$ is a Gelfand pair whose associated zonal spherical functions identify with various degenerations of the multivariable little $q$-Jacobi polynomials. As a result, we are led to consider generalized dimensions defined in terms of evaluations and quadratic norms of multivariable little $q$-Jacobi polynomials, which interpolate between the various classical dimensions. The generalized dimensions themselves are shown to have representation theoretic interpretations as the quantum dimensions of irreducible spherical quantum representations associated to quantum complex Grassmannians.

In this paper we present an explicit (rank one) function transform which contains several Jacobi-type function transforms and Hankel-type transforms as degenerate cases. The kernel of the transform, which is given explicitly in terms of basic hypergeometric series, thus generalizes the Jacobi function as well as the Bessel function. The kernel is named the Askey-Wilson function, since it provides an analytical continuation of the Askey-Wilson polynomial in its degree. In this paper we establish the L 2 -theory of the Askey-Wilson function transform, and we explicitly determine its inversion formula.

In this paper we derive the bi-orthogonality relations, diagonal term evaluations and evaluation formulas for the non-symmetric Koornwinder polynomials. For the derivation we use certain representations of the (double) affine Hecke algebra which were originally defined by Noumi and Sahi. The structure of the diagonal terms is clarified by expressing them as residues of the bi-orthogonality weight function. We furthermore give the explicit connection between the non-symmetric and the (anti-)symmetric theory.