Boundaries of K-types in discrete series

Abstract: A fundamental problem about irreducible representations of a reductive Lie group G is understanding their restriction to a maximal compact subgroup K. In certain important cases, known as the discrete series, we have a formula that gives the multiplicity of any given irreducible K-representation (or K-type) as an alternating sum. It is not immediately clear from this formula which K-types, indexed by their highest weights, have non-zero multiplicity. Evidence suggests that the collection is very close to a set of lattice points in a noncompact convex polyhedron. In this paper we shall describe a recursive algorithm for finding the boundary facets of this polyhedron.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mathematics.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Havlíčková, Markéta

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Michael J. Hopkins and David A. Vogan.

• Mathematics.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43796

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/43796