Berezin Kernels and Analysis on Makarevich Spaces

Following ideas of van Dijk and Hille we study the link which exists between maximal degenerate representations and Berezin kernels. We consider the conformal group ${\rm Conf}(V)$ of a simple real Jordan algebra $V$. The maximal degenerate representations $\pi_s$ ($s\in {\mathbb C}$) we shall study are induced by a character of a maximal parabolic subgroup $\bar P$ of ${\rm Conf}(V)$. These representations $\pi_s$ can be realized on a space $I_s$ of smooth functions on $V$. There is an invariant bilinear form ${\mathfrak B}_s$ on the space $I_s$. The problem we consider is to diagonalize this bilinear form ${\mathfrak B}_s$, with respect to the action of a symmetric subgroup $G$ of the conformal group ${\rm Conf}(V)$. This bilinear form can be written as an integral involving the Berezin kernel $B_{\nu}$, an invariant kernel on the Riemannian symmetric space $G/K$, which is a Makarevich symmetric space in the sense of Bertram. Then we can use results by van Dijk and Pevzner who computed the spherical Fourier transform of $B_{\nu}$. From these, one deduces that the Berezin kernel satisfies a remarkable Bernstein identity : $$D(\nu)B_{\nu} =b(\nu)B_{\nu +1},$$ where $D(\nu)$ is an invariant differential operator on $G/K$ and $b(\nu)$ is a polynomial. By using this identity we compute a Hua type integral which gives the normalizing factor for an intertwining operator from $I_{-s}$ to $I_s$. Furthermore we obtain the diagonalization of the invariant bilinear form with respect to the action of the maximal compact group $U$ of the conformal group ${\rm Conf}(V)$

Projective Pseudodifferential Analysis and Harmonic Analysis

We consider pseudodifferential operators on functions on $\R^{n+1}$ which commute with the Euler operator, and can thus be restricted to spaces of functions homogeneous of some given degree. Their symbols can be regarded as functions on a reduced phase space, isomorphic to the homogeneous space $G_n/H_n=SL(n+1,\R)/GL(n,\R)$, and the resulting calculus is a pseudodifferential analysis of operators acting on spaces of appropriate sections of line bundles over the projective space $P_n(\R)$ : these spaces are the representation spaces of the maximal degenerate series $(\pi_{i\lambda,\epsilon})$ of $G_n$ . This new approach to the quantization of $G_n/H_n$, already considered by other authors, has several advantages: as an example, it makes it possible to give a very explicit version of the continuous part from the decomposition of $L^2(G_n/H_n)$ under the quasiregular action of $G_n$ . We also consider interesting special symbols, which arise from the consideration of the resolvents of certain infinitesimal operators of the representation $\pi_{i\lambda,\epsilon}$

Finite automata for testing uniqueness of Eulerian trails

We investigate the condition under which the Eulerian trail of a digraph is unique, and design a finite automaton to examine it. The algorithm is effective, for if the condition is violated, it will be noticed immediately without the need to trace through the whole trail

On a Speculated Relation Between Chv\'atal-Sankoff Constants of Several Sequences

It is well known that, when normalized by n, the expected length of a longest common subsequence of d sequences of length n over an alphabet of size sigma converges to a constant gamma_{sigma,d}. We disprove a speculation by Steele regarding a possible relation between gamma_{2,d} and gamma_{2,2}. In order to do that we also obtain new lower bounds for gamma_{sigma,d}, when both sigma and d are small integers.Comment: 13 pages. To appear in Combinatorics, Probability and Computin