Geometric construction of certain highest weight modules

Zierau, Roger

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0810176-1

Geometric construction of certain highest weight modules
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 95 (1985), 631-635 Request permission

Abstract:

We identify certain singular unitary representations of semisimple Lie groups which were constructed by Rawnsley, Schmid and Wolf. The method is to identify them with the appropriate derived functor modules. Included are ladder representations of the indefinite unitary groups.

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