The explicit formula for the lowest spherical function in the second family

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For each n≥3n\geq 3, let μn=ϖn−1\mu_n=\varpi_{n-1} and let Ψ~0μn(x)\widetilde\Psi^{\mu_n}_0(x) denote the lowest spherical function associated with the second family of 2×22\times2 matrix-valued orthogonal polynomials for

(G,K)=(USp(2n),USp(2n−2)×USp(2)).(G,K)=\bigl(\mathrm{USp}(2n),\mathrm{USp}(2n-2)\times\mathrm{USp}(2)\bigr).

Explicit lowest-spherical-function conjecture. For all n≥3n\geq 3,

Ψ~0μn(x)=(x+12(n+1)x−2n−1xx((n+3)x+n−5)2(n−1)).\widetilde \Psi^{\mu_n}_0(x)=\begin{pmatrix} \dfrac{x+1}{2} & \dfrac{(n+1)x-2}{n-1} \\ \sqrt{x} & \dfrac{\sqrt{x}((n+3)x+n-5)}{2(n-1)} \end{pmatrix}.

This formula is an ansatz made from computations for small values of nn, and the source gives no proof or resolution.

References

Primary source

Maarten van Pruijssen and Pablo Román, “Matrix Valued Classical Pairs Related to Compact Gelfand Pairs of Rank One”, arXiv:1312.6577 (2014).

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