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Extension of work by Novelli and Thibon on noncommutative symmetric functions and Lagrange inversion

(Edit May 12, 2023: I just put up a brief summary of some of my notes on the partition polynomials described below in my WordPress mini-arXiv at "As Above, So Below". It contains multinomial ...
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The combinatorics of $(f \partial)^n$ in the noncommutative setting?

This is a noncommutative version of these three previous questions: differential operator power coefficients Сlosed formula for $(g\partial)^n$ A Leibniz-like formula for $(f(x) \frac{d}{dx})^n f(x)$? ...
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Combinatorics for the action of Virasoro / Kac–Schwarz operators: partition polynomials of free probability theory

In the background sections below, I establish the relations among characterizations of the action of Virasoro / Kac–Schwarz operators of 2D gravity models presented in terms of Laurent series by ...
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Guises of the noncrossing partitions (NCPs)

From "Noncrossing partitions in surprising locations" by Jon McCammond: Certain mathematical structures make a habit of reoccuring in the most diverse list of settings. Some obvious ...
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Applications of cluster algebras

Why are so many algebraists nowadays interested in cluster algebras? (This is a rewording of one half of the closed question Cluster algebras and teichmuller theory.)
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The sum of a nilpotent left ideal and a nil left ideal

In class, we recently saw that the sum of 2 two-sided nil ideals is a nil ideal. We were asked to show that the sum of a niplotent left ideal and a nil left ideal is a nil left ideal. I am having ...
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