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While expanding Jack polynomials in monomial basis
Denote $\mathbf{z}=(z_1,\dots,z_n)$. Let $P_{\kappa}(\mathbf{z};\alpha)$ be the symmetric Jack polynomials and suppose they are expanded in terms of the monomial symmetric basis $m_{\rho}(\mathbf{z})$ ...
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On characters of the symmetric group: Part 2
This question is related to my earlier MO quest.
For an integer partition $\lambda$, denote $\ell(\lambda)=$ length, $\vert\lambda\vert=$ size and $\lambda=$ conjugate of $\lambda$. Allow to write $\...
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On characters of the symmetric group: Part 1
Given an integer partition $\lambda$, denote $\ell(\lambda)=$ length, $\vert\lambda\vert=$ size and $\lambda=$ conjugate of $\lambda$. Allow to write $\lambda\vdash n$ either as $(\lambda_1,\dots,\...
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What is $\dim D^{\lambda}$ for the symmetric group?
What are the dimensions of the simple modules $D^{\lambda}=S^{\lambda}/S^{\lambda}\cap (S^{\lambda})^{\perp}$ for the modular representation theory of $S_n$, i.e. $\operatorname{char}(k)=p>0$?
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Asymptotics for number of $p$-regular partitions of $n$
The number of simple modules $D^{\lambda}=S^{\lambda}/S^{\lambda}\cap (S^{\lambda})^{\bot}$ of the symmetric group over a field $k$ such that $\text{char}(k)=p > 0$ is the number of $p$-regular ...
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Ramanujan's theta functions and hook lengths?
Given an integer partition $\lambda\vdash n$ of $n$, one may associate a Young diagram $Y(\lambda)$ to it followed by a computation of hook length $h_{\square}$ for each cell $\square=(i,j)$ in $Y(\...
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Plane partitions as irreducible representations
The irreducible representations of the symmetric group algebras $A_n=KS_n$ over a the complex numbers (or any field of characteristic 0) $K$ satisfy the following properties:
The irreducible ...
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Hurwitz numbers and $t$-cores
For integers $k \geq 0$ and $d \geq 1$ let $H(k,d)$
be the Hurwitz number which, for the purposes
of this posting, will be defined by:
\begin{equation}
H(k,d)
\, := \ d! \, \sum_{\lambda \, \vdash d}...
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Dimension of a certain space of symmetric functions: Part II
This is the second installment of my earlier MO question.
Let $s_{\lambda}$ denote the Schur polynomial associated to a partition $\lambda$. Denote the set of all partitions with distinct parts by $\...
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Dimension of a certain space of symmetric functions: Part I
Let $s_{\lambda}$ denote the Schur polynomial associated to a partition $\lambda$. A partition $\lambda$ is called a $t$-core if none of its hook lengths are multiples of $t$.
QUESTION. Consider the ...
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Number of d-Calabi-Yau partitions
This problem arises from algebraic geometry/representation theory, see https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.0668.pdf (chapter 2).
We call a partition $p=[p_1,...,p_n]$ with $2 \leq p_1 \leq p_2 \leq ... \leq ...
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A binary hook-length formula?
This is purely exploratory and inspired by curiosity.
Setup: For an integer $k>0$, let $k=\sum_{j\geq0}k_j2^j$ be its binary expansion and denote the sum of its digits by $\eta(k):=\sum_jk_j$. ...
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$\text{Determinant}=(\sum \text{Determinant})^2$
Denote by $\delta_{n-1}=(n-1,n-2,\dots,1,0,0,\dots)$ the staircase partition and the embedded partition
$\lambda=(\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\dots)\subset\delta_{n-1}$.
QUESTION 1. Is this true?
$$\det\...
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Identity for classes of plane partitions
There are several classes of plane partitions in the literature.
Among these, let's look at the enumeration of three of them: the symmetric (SPP), totally symmetric (TSPP) and totally symmetric and ...
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SYT and contents of a partition
Let $\lambda$ be an integer partition, denote the number of Standard Young Tableaux of shape $\lambda$ by $f_{\lambda}$. This number is computed by the formula
$$f_{\lambda}=\frac{n!}{\prod_{u\in\...
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The number of permutations of a given cycle type that fix a string with a given histogram
Let $\lambda$ and $\mu$ be partitions of some integer $n \geq 1$. Let $d$ be the number of parts in $\mu$ and let $\bar{\mu} \in \{1,\dotsc,d\}^n$ denote the string $1^{\mu_1} 2^{\mu_2} \dotsb d^{\...
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hooks and contents: Part II
This is a 2nd installment to my earlier MO question for which Mark Wildon furnished a clean answer.
$\mathcal{O}(\pi)$ and $\mathcal{E}(\pi)$ stand for the number of odd and even cycles of a ...
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hooks and contents: Part I
For a cell $\square$ in the Young diagram of a partition $\lambda$, let $h_{\square}$ and $c_{\square}$ denote the hook length and content of $\square$, respectively.
R Stanley proved the following ...
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An identity related to partitions into $n$ parts and Schur polynomials
While working with Schur polynomials I found what seems like a nice identity, and I wonder if it has a simple proof.
Notation: Suppose $d,n\in\mathbb{N}$, and $\lambda =(\lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_n)$ ...
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Enumerating a class of polynomials
How many equivalence classes of $\Bbb F_2[x,y]$ polynomials with $x$ degree $n_x$ and $y$ degree $n_y$ are there such that each $y^i$ coefficient (polynomial in $\Bbb Z[x]$) is distinct and $x^i$ ...
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sum over all integer partitions, of the product of the factorials of the terms
I'm looking for something making tractable the sum, over all partitions into k terms of an integer n, of the product of the factorials of all the terms.
Thanks,
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Adding a row to a Young Tableau via Novelli-Pak-Stoyanovskii
Let $T_{\lambda}$ be the set of standard young tableaux (SYT) of shape $\lambda_1\geq \lambda_2\cdots\geq \lambda_n$. Now consider pushing a row $\mu$ with $\mu\geq \lambda_1$ onto $Y$ to give shape $\...
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A product identity for partitions
For a partition $\lambda=(\lambda_1\ge \lambda_2\ge \dots)$, let
$m_\lambda=\prod_i (\lambda_i-\lambda_{i+1})!$ be the product of factorials of consecutive differences and let $v_\lambda=\prod_{i | \...
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Partitions limit shape and LDP
Hello!
I am trying to understand the paper of Dembo-Vershik-Zeitouni, Large deviations for integer partitions. I am only interested in Theorem 2, which deals with the case of the uniform distribution....
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Explicit formulas for the action of the Hall algebra of the cyclic quiver on q-Fock space?
In their paper on the decomposition numbers of Schur algebra, Vasserot and Varagnolo introduce an action of the (twisted) Hall algebra of a cyclic quiver $\Gamma$ on q-Fock space.
Without q-shifts, ...
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