$q$-Difference Systems for the Jackson Integral of Symmetric Selberg Type

Abstract: We provide an explicit expression for the first order $q$-difference system for the Jackson integral of symmetric Selberg type. The $q$-difference system gives a generalization of $q$-analog of contiguous relations for the Gauss hypergeometric function. As a basis of the system we use a set of the symmetric polynomials introduced by Matsuo in his study of the $q$-KZ equation. Our main result is an explicit expression for the coefficient matrix of the $q$-difference system in terms of its Gauss matrix decomposition. We introduce a class of symmetric polynomials called interpolation polynomials, which includes Matsuo's polynomials. By repeated use of three-term relations among the interpolation polynomials we compute the coefficient matrix.