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The algebra of dual -1 Hahn polynomials and the Clebsch-Gordan problem of sl{sub -1}(2)

Journal Article · · Journal of Mathematical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4790417· OSTI ID:22162767
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, Universite de Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7 (Canada)
  2. Donetsk Institute for Physics and Technology, Donetsk 83114 (Ukraine)

The algebra H of the dual -1 Hahn polynomials is derived and shown to arise in the Clebsch-Gordan problem of sl{sub -1}(2). The dual -1 Hahn polynomials are the bispectral polynomials of a discrete argument obtained from the q{yields}-1 limit of the dual q-Hahn polynomials. The Hopf algebra sl{sub -1}(2) has four generators including an involution, it is also a q{yields}-1 limit of the quantum algebra sl{sub q}(2) and furthermore, the dynamical algebra of the parabose oscillator. The algebra H, a two-parameter generalization of u(2) with an involution as additional generator, is first derived from the recurrence relation of the -1 Hahn polynomials. It is then shown that H can be realized in terms of the generators of two added sl{sub -1}(2) algebras, so that the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients of sl{sub -1}(2) are dual -1 Hahn polynomials. An irreducible representation of H involving five-diagonal matrices and connected to the difference equation of the dual -1 Hahn polynomials is constructed.

OSTI ID:
22162767
Journal Information:
Journal of Mathematical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Mathematical Physics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 54; ISSN JMAPAQ; ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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