Contractions of 2D 2nd Order Quantum Superintegrable Systems and the Askey Scheme for Hypergeometric Orthogonal Polynomials
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
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Contractions of 2D 2nd Order Quantum Superintegrable Systems and the Askey Scheme for Hypergeometric Orthogonal Polynomials
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Kalnins, E.G.
Miller Jr., W. Post, S. |
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We show explicitly that all 2nd order superintegrable systems in 2 dimensions are limiting cases of a single system: the generic 3-parameter potential on the 2-sphere, S9 in our listing. We extend the Wigner-Inönü method of Lie algebra contractions to contractions of quadratic algebras and show that all of the quadratic symmetry algebras of these systems are contractions of that of S9. Amazingly, all of the relevant contractions of these superintegrable systems on flat space and the sphere are uniquely induced by the well known Lie algebra contractions of e(2) and so(3). By contracting function space realizations of irreducible representations of the S9 algebra (which give the structure equations for Racah/Wilson polynomials) to the other superintegrable systems, and using Wigner's idea of ''saving'' a representation, we obtain the full Askey scheme of hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials. This relationship directly ties the polynomials and their structure equations to physical phenomena. It is more general because it applies to all special functions that arise from these systems via separation of variables, not just those of hypergeometric type, and it extends to higher dimensions.
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2019-02-21T07:03:50Z
2019-02-21T07:03:50Z 2013 |
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Article
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Contractions of 2D 2nd Order Quantum Superintegrable Systems and the Askey Scheme for Hypergeometric Orthogonal Polynomials / E.G. Kalnins, W. Miller Jr., S. Post // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2013. — Т. 9. — Бібліогр.: 40 назв. — англ.
1815-0659 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 33C45; 33D45; 33D80; 81R05; 81R12 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2013.057 http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/149341 |
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en
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Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
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Інститут математики НАН України
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