Jacobi polynomials and SU(2,2)
Abstract
A ladder structure of operators is presented for the Jacobi polynomials, Jn(a,b)(x), with parameters n, a and b integers, showing that they are related to the unitary irreducible representation of SU(2,2) with quadratic Casimir CSU(2,2)=-3/2. As they determine also a base of square-integrable functions, the universal enveloping algebra of su(2,2) is homomorphic to the space of linear operators acting on the L2 functions defined on (-1,+1) x Z x Z/2.
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