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Homogeneous functions on light cones: the infinitesimal structure of some degenerate principal series representations

Author(s): Roger E. Howe; Eng-Chye Tan
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1993), 1-74.
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00360-4
PII: S 0273-0979(1993)00360-4
Keywords: Complementary series, composition series, degenerate principal series representations, K-type diagrams, light cones, unitary representations
Copyright of article: Copyright 1993, American Mathematical Society




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