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Author(s): P. Sawyer
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 349 (1997), 3569-3584.
MSC (1991): Primary 33C55; Secondary 53C35, 17C20, 17C27, 33C45
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Abstract: In this note, we obtain a recursive formula for the spherical functions associated with the symmetric cone of a formally real Jordan algebra. We use this formula as an inspiration for a similar recursive formula involving the Jack polynomials.

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