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Difference equation for the Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric function and its confluent Whittaker limit

Representation Theory 2015-09-09 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We present an explicit difference equation for the Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric function associated with root systems. Via a confluent hypergeometric limit, an analogous difference equation is obtained for the class-one Whittaker function diagonalizing the open quantum Toda chain.

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@article{arxiv.1411.0463,
  title  = {Difference equation for the Heckman-Opdam hypergeometric function and its confluent Whittaker limit},
  author = {J. F. van Diejen and E. Emsiz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.0463},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

15 pages, minor corrections and references added

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