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Identities for Rankin-Cohen brackets, Racah coefficients and associativity

Representation Theory 2023-04-24 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs Number Theory

Abstract

We prove an infinite family of identities satisfied by the Rankin-Cohen brackets involving the Racah polynomials. A natural interpretation in the representation theory of sl(2) is provided. From these identities and known properties of the Racah polynomials follows a short new proof of the associativity of the Eholzer product. Finally, we discuss, in the context of Rankin-Cohen algebras introduced by D.Zagier, how any algebraic identity satisfied by the Rankin-Cohen brackets can be seen as a consequence of the set of identities presented in this paper.

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@article{arxiv.2304.10803,
  title  = {Identities for Rankin-Cohen brackets, Racah coefficients and associativity},
  author = {Quentin Labriet and Loic Poulain d'Andecy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.10803},
  year   = {2023}
}

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14 pages