In this paper we study surfaces in$R$^{3}that arise as limit shapes in random surface models related to planar dimers. These limit shapes are$surface tension minimizers$, that is, they minimize a functional of the form ∫$σ$(∇$h$)$dx$$dy$among all Lipschitz functions$h$taking given values on the boundary of the domain. The surface tension$σ$has singularities and is not strictly convex, which leads to formation of$facets$and$edges$in the limit shapes.

We introduce the$generic central character$of an irreducible discrete series representation of an affine Hecke algebra. Using this invariant we give a new classification of the irreducible discrete series characters for all abstract affine Hecke algebras (except for the types ${E_{n}^{(1)}}$ , n=6, 7, 8) with$arbitrary positive parameters$and we prove an explicit product formula for their formal degrees (in all cases).

We obtain an eigenfunction expansion for the operator −°+$V$under assump-tions (1.2)–(1.5) given below.

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