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Markov processes on the path space of the Gelfand-Tsetlin graph and on its boundary

Probability 2013-03-04 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

We construct a four-parameter family of Markov processes on infinite Gelfand-Tsetlin schemes that preserve the class of central (Gibbs) measures. Any process in the family induces a Feller Markov process on the infinite-dimensional boundary of the Gelfand-Tsetlin graph or, equivalently, the space of extreme characters of the infinite-dimensional unitary group U(infinity). The process has a unique invariant distribution which arises as the decomposing measure in a natural problem of harmonic analysis on U(infinity) posed in arXiv:math/0109193. As was shown in arXiv:math/0109194, this measure can also be described as a determinantal point process with a correlation kernel expressed through the Gauss hypergeometric function.

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@article{arxiv.1009.2029,
  title  = {Markov processes on the path space of the Gelfand-Tsetlin graph and on its boundary},
  author = {Alexei Borodin and Grigori Olshanski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.2029},
  year   = {2013}
}