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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 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. $\operatorname{char}(k)=p>0$? I ...
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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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Action of $\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}_2}$ on symmetric functions with $\mathbb{Z}_{(2)}$ coefficients

It is known that there is a representation of the affine Lie algebra $\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}_q}$ (over $\mathbb{Z}$) on the algebra of symmetric functions, where the action of the Chevalley generators ...
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Why are these Littlewood-Richardson coefficients congruent to 1 mod 8?

Let $n\in{\mathbb N}$ and write $n=q_1+q_2+\dots+q_t$, where $q_1>q_2>\dots>q_t$ are powers of $2$. Let $\lambda_n$ be the partition with Frobenius symbol $(q_1-1,q_2-1,\dots,q_t-1;q_t,q_{t-1}...
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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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Upper bound on decomposition numbers for the symmetric group in a block of weight $w$

The $p$-blocks of the symmetric group $S_n$ are labelled by pairs $(\gamma, w)$ where $\gamma$ is a $p$-core partition, $w \in \mathbb{N}_0$ is the weight of the block, and $|\gamma| + p w = n$. ...
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When are immanants irreducible?

For a partition $\lambda$ let $\chi_\lambda$ be the corresponding irreducible representation of the symmetric group $S_n$. Let $\mathrm{Imm}_\lambda(x) = \sum\limits_{\pi \in S_n} \chi_\lambda(\pi) x_{...
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What is the $p$-regular partition corresponding to the sign representation of $S_{n}$ over a field of characteristic $p$?

I'm now interested in the modular representation of symmetric groups. It is well-known that for a fixed prime $p$, there is a bijection between the irreducible representations of $S_{n}$ over a field ...
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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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Number of standard Young tableaux with fixed corner entry

For a partition $\lambda=(\lambda_1\geq \lambda_2\geq\ldots\geq \lambda_k)$ of $n$, let the set of standard Young tableau of shape $\lambda$ be denoted by $SYT(\lambda)$ with boxes at $(i,j)$ denoted ...
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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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Majorization and Schur Polynomials

Let me first define the majorization order (or dominance order) on partitions as $\lambda \succeq \mu$ iff $$\sum _{i=1}^{k}\lambda_i \geq \sum_{i=1}^{k}\mu_i$$ for all $1\le k\le l-1$ and $$\lambda_1+...
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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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