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We consider a Leonard pair $A, A^*$ of linear maps on a vector space $V$ that has finite positive dimension. This Leonard pair $A,A^*$ is said to have spin whenever there exist invertible linear maps $W : V \to V$ and $W^* : V \to V$ such…

Fix an algebraically closed field $\mathbb{F}$ and an integer $d \geq 3$. Let $V$ be a vector space over $\mathbb{F}$ with dimension $d+1$. A Leonard pair on $V$ is an ordered pair of diagonalizable linear transformations $A: V \to V$ and…

Let $V$ denote a vector space with finite positive dimension. We consider an ordered pair of linear transformations $A: V\to V$ and $A^*: V\to V$ that satisfy (i) and (ii) below: (i) There exists a basis for $V$ with respect to which the…

Fix an algebraically closed field $\mathbb{F}$ and an integer $d \geq 3$. Let $\text{Mat}_{d+1}(\mathbb{F})$ denote the $\mathbb{F}$-algebra consisting of the $(d+1) \times (d+1)$ matrices that have all entries in $\mathbb{F}$. We consider…

Fix an algebraically closed field $\mathbb{F}$ and an integer $n \geq 1$. Let $\text{Mat}_n(\mathbb{F})$ denote the $\mathbb{F}$-algebra consisting of the $n \times n$ matrices that have all entries in $\mathbb{F}$. We consider a pair of…

A spin model (for link invariants) is a square matrix $W$ which satisfies certain axioms. For a spin model $W$, it is known that $W^TW^{-1}$ is a permutation matrix, and its order is called the index of $W$. F. Jaeger and K. Nomura found…

Let K denote a field and let $V$ denote a vector space over K with finite positive dimension. We consider an ordered pair of linear transformations $A:V\to V$ and $A^*:V\to V$ which satisfy the following two properties: (i) There exists a…

Let $V$ denote a vector space with finite positive dimension. We consider an ordered pair of linear transformations $A: V\rightarrow V$ and $A^{*}: V\rightarrow V$ that satisfy (i) and (ii) below. (i) There exists a basis for $V$ with…

Let Gamma be a Q-polynomial distance-regular graph with vertex set X, diameter D geq 3 and adjacency matrix A. Fix x in X and let A*=A*(x) be the corresponding dual adjacency matrix. Recall that the Terwilliger algebra T=T(x) is the…

Let $K$ denote a field and let $V$ denote a vector space over $K$ with finite positive dimension. We consider an ordered pair of linear transformations $A : V \to V$ and $A^* : V \to V$ that satisfy (i) and (ii) below: (i) There exists a…

Let $K$ denote a field and let $V$ denote a vector space over $K$ with finite positive dimension. By definition a Leonard pair on $V$ is a pair of linear transformations $A:V\to V$ and $A^*:V\to V$ that satisfy the following two conditions:…

Let $V$ denote a vector space with finite positive dimension. We consider an ordered pair of linear transformations $A: V\rightarrow V$ and $A^*: V\rightarrow V$ that satisfy (i) and (ii) below. (i) There exists a basis for $V$ with respect…

Let $V$ denote a vector space with finite positive dimension. We consider an ordered pair of linear transformations $A: V\to V$ and $A^*: V\to V$ that satisfy (i) and (ii) below. (i) There exists a basis for $V$ with respect to which the…

Fix an algebraically closed field $\F$ and an integer $d \geq 3$. Let $V$ be a vector space over $\F$ with dimension $d+1$. A Leonard pair on $V$ is a pair of diagonalizable linear transformations $A: V \to V$ and $A^* : V \to V$, each…

A Leonard pair is a pair of diagonalizable linear transformations of a finite-dimensional vector space, each of which acts in an irreducible tridiagonal fashion on an eigenbasis for the other one. Let $\mathbb F$ denote an algebraically…

Let $K$ denote a field, and let $V$ denote a vector space over $K$ with finite positive dimension. Consider a pair of linear transformations $A:V\to V$ and $A^*:V\to V$ that satisfy both conditions below: (i) There exists a basis for $V$…

This paper is about three classes of objects: Leonard triples, distance-regular graphs and the modules for the anticommutator spin algebra. Let $\K$ denote an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Let $V$ denote a vector space…

Let $K$ denote a field and let $V$ denote a vector space over $K$ with finite positive dimension. By a Leonard pair on $V$ we mean an ordered pair of linear transformations $A:V \to V$ and $A^*:V \to V$ that satisfy the following two…

A Leonard pair is a pair of diagonalizable linear transformations of a finite-dimensional vector space, each of which acts in an irreducible tridiagonal fashion on an eigenbasis for the other one. In the present paper we give an elementary…

Let $K$ denote a field, and let $V$ denote a vector space over $K$ with finite positive dimension. We consider a pair of linear transformations $A:V \to V$ and $A^*:V \to V$ that satisfy (i), (ii) below: (i) There exists a basis for $V$…