Hypergeometric integrals, hook formulas and Whittaker vectors

TL;DR

This paper establishes a precise proportionality relation between two types of multidimensional hypergeometric integrals linked to Young diagrams, revealing connections to Whittaker vectors and the representation theory of rak{gl}_n.

Contribution

It explicitly computes the proportionality coefficient between hypergeometric integrals and relates it to hook formulas, also describing the action on Whittaker vectors in tensor products.

Findings

Proportionality coefficient is the inverse of the product of weighted hooks of Young diagrams.

Explicit basis of simultaneous eigenvectors for the center of the universal enveloping algebra of rak{gl}_n.

Connection established between hypergeometric integrals and representation theory of rak{gl}_n.

Abstract

We determine the coefficient of proportionality between two multidimensional hypergeometric integrals. One of them is a solution of the dynamical difference equations associated with a Young diagram and the other is the vertex integral associated with the Young diagram. The coefficient of proportionality is the inverse of the product of weighted hooks of the Young diagram. It turns out that this problem is closely related to the question of describing the action of the center of the universal enveloping algebra of $\mathfrak{gl}_n$ on the space of Whittaker vectors in the tensor product of dual Verma modules with fundamental modules, for which we give an explicit basis of simultaneous eigenvectors.