The product-formula conjecture for the quasi-eigenfunction at α=t1/2\alpha=-t^{1/2} and α=t\alpha=t

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Let F(α)F(\alpha) be the quasi-eigenfunction in the homogeneous specialization s1==sn=1s_1=\cdots=s_n=1, and let (a;q)(a;q)_\infty denote the qq-shifted factorial. Define 1i<jnstep 2fij=f13f15f24f26\prod_{1\leq i<j\leq n\atop\mathrm{step}\ 2}f_{ij}=f_{13}f_{15}\cdots f_{24}f_{26}\cdots.

Product-formula conjecture. The following identities hold:

F(t1/2)=1i<jn(1ζj/ζi)(qt1/2ζj/ζi;q)(t1/2ζj/ζi;q),F(-t^{1/2})=\prod_{1\leq i<j\leq n}(1-\zeta_j/\zeta_i)\frac{(-qt^{-1/2}\zeta_j/\zeta_i;q)_\infty}{(-t^{1/2}\zeta_j/\zeta_i;q)_\infty}, F(t)=1i<jnstep 2(1ζj/ζi)(qt1ζj/ζi;q)(tζj/ζi;q).F(t)=\prod_{1\leq i<j\leq n\atop\mathrm{step}\ 2}(1-\zeta_j/\zeta_i)\frac{(qt^{-1}\zeta_j/\zeta_i;q)_\infty}{(t\zeta_j/\zeta_i;q)_\infty}.

The identities are verified for n=3n=3 under the conjectural formula for F(α)F(\alpha) and checked using partial n=4n=4 data. Their validity for general nn is left open.

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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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