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

For each n3n\geq 3, let μn=ϖn1\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(2n2)×USp(2)).(G,K)=\bigl(\mathrm{USp}(2n),\mathrm{USp}(2n-2)\times\mathrm{USp}(2)\bigr).

Explicit lowest-spherical-function conjecture. For all n3n\geq 3,

Ψ~0μn(x)=(x+12(n+1)x2n1xx((n+3)x+n5)2(n1)).\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.

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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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