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The smallest singular values of the icosahedral group

Representation Theory 2018-09-07 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

For any finite reflection group WW on RN\mathbb{R}^{N} and any irreducible WW-module VV there is a space of polynomials on RN\mathbb{R}^{N} with values in VV. There are Dunkl operators parametrized by a multiplicity function, that is, parameters associated with each conjugacy class of reflections. For certain parameter values, called singular, there are nonconstant polynomials annihilated by each Dunkl operator. There is a Gaussian bilinear form on the polynomials which is positive for an open set of parameter values containing the origin. When WW has just one class of reflections and dimV>1\dim V>1 this set is an interval bounded by the positive and negative singular values of respective smallest absolute value. This interval is always symmetric around 00 for the symmetric groups. This property does not hold in general, and the icosahedral group H3H_{3} provides a counterexample. The interval for positivity of the Gaussian form is determined for each of the ten irreducible representations of H3H_{3}.

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@article{arxiv.1809.02107,
  title  = {The smallest singular values of the icosahedral group},
  author = {Charles F. Dunkl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.02107},
  year   = {2018}
}

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