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On Some $q$-Analogs of a Theorem of Kostant-Rallis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

N. R. Wallach
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA email: nwallach@ucsd.edu, jwilleb@math.ucsd.edu
J. Willenbring
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA email: nwallach@ucsd.edu, jwilleb@math.ucsd.edu
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Abstract

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In the first part of this paper generalizations of Hesselink’s $q$-analog of Kostant’smultiplicity formula for the action of a semisimple Lie group on the polynomials on its Lie algebra are given in the context of the Kostant-Rallis theorem. They correspond to the cases of real semisimple Lie groups with one conjugacy class of Cartan subgroup. In the second part of the paper a $q$-analog of the Kostant-Rallis theorem is given for the real group $\text{SL(4,}\,\mathbb{R}\text{)}$ (that is $\text{SO}(4)$ acting on symmetric 4 × 4 matrices). This example plays two roles. First it contrasts with the examples of the first part. Second it has implications to the study of entanglement of mixed 2 qubit states in quantum computation.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2000

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