We apply the Dunkl-Opdam operators and generalized Jack polynomials to study
category O for the rational Cherednik algebra of type G(r,1,n). We determine
the set of aspherical values, and answer a question of Iain Gordon on the
ordering of category O.
A bistochastic matrix B of size N is called unistochastic if there exists a
unitary U such that B_ij=|U_{ij}|^{2} for i,j=1,...,N. The set U_3 of all
unistochastic matrices of order N=3 forms a proper subset of the Birkhoff
polytope, which contains all bistochastic (doubly stochastic) matrices. We
compute the volume of the set U_3 with respect to the flat (Lebesgue) measure
and analytically evaluate the mean entropy of an unistochastic matrix of this
order.