Isotopy conjecture for analytic continuation of spherical principal series

Let G=SL(n,R)G=\mathrm{SL}(n,\mathbb R), let Fl(Rn)\mathrm{Fl}(\mathbb R^n) and Fl(Cn)\mathrm{Fl}(\mathbb C^n) denote the real and complex complete flag varieties, and let LFl(Cn)\mathcal L\subset\mathrm{Fl}(\mathbb C^n) be the union of flags containing a subspace on which the symmetric bilinear form B(x,y)=xjyjB(x,y)=\sum x_jy_j is degenerate. Let Δ\Delta be the discriminant submanifold in GL(n,C)\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb C), and let g(s)g(s) denote the associated path of transformations. For a path γ(t)\gamma(t) in GL(n,C)\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb C) avoiding Δ\Delta, with γ(0)SL(n,R)\gamma(0)\in\mathrm{SL}(n,\mathbb R), the conjecture asserts the following. Isotopy conjecture. There is an isotopy C(t)C(t) of the cycle Fl(Rn)\mathrm{Fl}(\mathbb R^n) in Fl(Cn)\mathrm{Fl}(\mathbb C^n) avoiding the submanifolds L\mathcal L and Lg(s)\mathcal L\cdot g(s). This isotopy is intended to support analytic continuation of the KK-finite functions occurring in the spherical principal series; the supplied passage does not state whether the conjecture has been proved or disproved.

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Yury A- Neretin, “Branching integrals and Casselman phenomenon”, arXiv:0710.2627 (2007).

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