Dunkl operator

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In mathematics, particularly the study of Lie groups, a Dunkl operator is a certain kind of mathematical operator, involving differential operators but also reflections in an underlying space.

Formally, let G be a Coxeter group with reduced root system R and kv an arbitrary "multiplicity" function on R (so ku = kv whenever the reflections σu and σv corresponding to the roots u and v are conjugate in G). Then, the Dunkl operator is defined by:

where is the i-th component of v, 1 ≤ iN, x in RN, and f a smooth function on RN.

Dunkl operators were introduced by Charles Dunkl (1989). One of Dunkl's major results was that Dunkl operators "commute," that is, they satisfy just as partial derivatives do. Thus Dunkl operators represent a meaningful generalization of partial derivatives.

References[edit]

  • Dunkl, Charles F. (1989), "Differential-difference operators associated to reflection groups", Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 311 (1): 167–183, doi:10.2307/2001022, ISSN 0002-9947, MR 0951883