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Superelliptic Affine Lie algebras and orthogonal polynomials II

Representation Theory 2026-04-01 v1

Abstract

Let g\mathfrak{g} be a finite-dimensional complex simple Lie algebra and r,m2r,m\ge 2. The universal central extension of the superelliptic current algebra gA\mathfrak{g}\otimes A is gA^gA(ΩA1/dA)\widehat{\mathfrak{g}\otimes A}\cong\mathfrak{g}\otimes A \oplus(\Omega^1_A/dA), where A=C[t,t1,u]/um(12ctr+t2r)A=\mathbb{C}[t,t^{-1},u]/\langle u^m-(1-2ct^r+t^{2r})\rangle. We compute the recursion relations governing a natural cocycle basis in ΩA1/dA\Omega^1_A/dA and encode them by generating functions admitting closed integral expressions of superelliptic type. The 2r2r possible choices of initial conditions are classified into four structural types; two canonical choices (types~1 and~2) produce two distinguished polynomial families. We prove that these polynomials satisfy fourth-order linear ordinary differential equations in~cc, valid for all integers r,m2r,m\ge 2. For the type~2 family the proof combines the Picard-Fuchs theory of the superelliptic curve um=12ctr+t2ru^m=1-2ct^r+t^{2r} with an algebraic identification of the explicit coefficient formulas via a rational-function identity argument. After a parity restriction and a reindexing, the resulting sequences are identified with associated ultraspherical polynomials. We show that, for each admissible~nn and m4m\ge4, the corresponding fourth-order equations admit a unique polynomial solution up to scalar multiples.

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@article{arxiv.2603.29082,
  title  = {Superelliptic Affine Lie algebras and orthogonal polynomials II},
  author = {Felipe Albino dos Santos and Mikhail Neklyudov and Vyacheslav Futorny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.29082},
  year   = {2026}
}