Meixner functions and polynomials related to Lie algebra representations

Abstract

The decomposition of the tensor product of a positive and a negative discrete series representation of the Lie algebra su(1,1) is a direct integral over the principal unitary series representations. In the decomposition discrete terms can occur, and the discrete terms are a finite number of discrete series representations or one complementary series representation. The interpretation of Meixner functions and polynomials as overlap coefficients in the four classes of representations and the Clebsch-Gordan decomposition, lead to a general bilinear generating function for the Meixner polynomials. Finally, realizing the positive and negative discrete series representations as operators on the spaces of holomorphic and anti-holomorphic functions respectively, a non-symmetric type Poisson kernel is found for the Meixner functions.