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(Discrete) Almansi Type Decompositions: An umbral calculus framework based on $\mathfrak{osp}(1|2)$ symmetries

Complex Variables 2014-10-02 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We introduce the umbral calculus formalism for hypercomplex variables starting from the fact that the algebra of multivariate polynomials \BR[x]\BR[\underline{x}] shall be described in terms of the generators of the Weyl-Heisenberg algebra. The extension of \BR[x]\BR[\underline{x}] to the algebra of Clifford-valued polynomials P\mathcal{P} gives rise to an algebra of Clifford-valued operators whose canonical generators are isomorphic to the orthosymplectic Lie algebra osp(12)\mathfrak{osp}(1|2). This extension provides an effective framework in continuity and discreteness that allow us to establish an alternative formulation of Almansi decomposition in Clifford analysis (c.f. \cite{Ryan90,MR02,MAGU}) that corresponds to a meaningful generalization of Fischer decomposition for the subspaces ker(D)k\ker (D')^k. We will discuss afterwards how the symmetries of sl2(\BR)\mathfrak{sl}_2(\BR) (even part of osp(12)\mathfrak{osp}(1|2)) are ubiquitous on the recent approach of \textsc{Render} (c.f. \cite{Render08}), showing that they can be interpreted in terms of the method of separation of variables for the Hamiltonian operator in quantum mechanics.

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@article{arxiv.1102.5434,
  title  = {(Discrete) Almansi Type Decompositions: An umbral calculus framework based on $\mathfrak{osp}(1|2)$ symmetries},
  author = {Nelson Faustino and Guangbin Ren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.5434},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Improved version of the Technical Report arXiv:0901.4691v1; accepted for publication @ Math. Meth. Appl. Sci http://www.mat.uc.pt/preprints/ps/p1054.pdf (Preliminary Report December 2010)