We construct a quotient ring of the ring of diagonal coinvariants of the complex reflection group W = G(m, 1, n) and determine its graded character. This generalises a result of Gordon for Coxeter groups. The proof uses a study of category O for the rational Cherednik algebra of W , including a shift isomorphism which is proved in Appendix 1.

Bezrukavnikov and Etingof introduced some functors between the categories O for rational Cherednik algebras. Namely, they defined two induction functors Indb, indλ and two restriction functors Resb, resλ. They conjectured that one has functor isomorphisms Indb ∼= indλ,Resb ∼= resλ. The goal of this paper is to prove this conjecture.

This paper is concerned with energy properties of the wave equation associated to the Dunkl-Cherednik Laplacian. We establish the conservation of the total energy, the strict equipartition of energy under suitable assumptions and the asymptotic equipartition in the general case. Mathematics Subject Index 2000: Primary 35L05 ; Secondary 22E30, 33C67, 35L65, 58J45

It is shown that from some solutions of generalized Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations one can construct eigenfunctions of the Calogero-Sutherland-Moser Hamiltonians with exchange terms, which are characterized by any given permutational symmetry under particle exchange. This generalizes some results previously derived by Matsuo and Cherednik for the ordinary Calogero-Sutherland-Moser Hamiltonians.

We introduce and study deformations of finite-dimensional modules over rational Cherednik algebras. Our main tool is a generalization of usual harmonic polynomials for each Coxeter groups — the so-called quasiharmonic polynomials. A surprising application of this approach is the construction of canonical elementary symmetric polynomials and their deformations for all Coxeter groups.

We construct (q, t)-Catalan polynomials and q-Fuss-Catalan polynomials for any irreducible complex reflection group W . The two main ingredients in this construction are Rouquier’s formulation of shift functors for the rational Cherednik algebras of W , and Opdam’s analysis of permutations of the irreducible representations of W arising from the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov connection.