The terminating Weyl-antisymmetry conjecture for the first eigenfunction

Let W(An1)W(A_{n-1}) be the Weyl group of type An1A_{n-1} acting through the representation πm\pi_m on the polynomial space Pn{\cal P}_n, and let f0,,0(ζ1,,ζn)f_{0,\ldots,0}(\zeta_1,\ldots,\zeta_n) be the first eigenfunction of I(α)I(\alpha) or DD. If mm is a positive integer and t=qmt=q^m, then

k=1nζk(nk)mf0,,0(ζ1,,ζn)Pn.\prod_{k=1}^{n}\zeta_k^{(n-k)m}f_{0,\ldots,0}(\zeta_1,\ldots,\zeta_n)\in{\cal P}_n.

Weyl-antisymmetry conjecture. This polynomial satisfies

πm(σ)k=1nζk(nk)mf0,,0(ζ1,,ζn)=k=1nζk(nk)mf0,,0(ζ1,,ζn)\pi_m(\sigma)\cdot\prod_{k=1}^{n}\zeta_k^{(n-k)m}f_{0,\ldots,0}(\zeta_1,\ldots,\zeta_n)=-\prod_{k=1}^{n}\zeta_k^{(n-k)m}f_{0,\ldots,0}(\zeta_1,\ldots,\zeta_n)

for every σW(An1)\sigma\in W(A_{n-1}).

The claim is proved for n=3n=3 conditional on the corresponding eigenfunction formula and supported by partial calculations for n=4n=4; the general case remains open.

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Primary source

Jun'ichi Shiraishi, “A Commutative Family of Integral Transformations and Basic Hypergeometric Series. II. Eigenfunctions and Quasi-Eigenfunctions”, arXiv:math/0502228 (2005).

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