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Tensors of minimal rank in Schur modules $S_{\lambda}V \subset V^{\otimes |\lambda|}$

It is well known that for a vector space $V$ with $\dim(V)=n+1$ the $GL(V)-$module $V^{\otimes d}$ splits as a sum of irreducible representations (with suitable multiplicities) $S_{\lambda}V$, where $\...
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Shifted Schur functions

Let's fix the ground field $\mathbb{C}$. In the paper "Shifted Schur Functions" http://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9605042 Andrei Okounkov and Grigori Olshanski introduce a special basis for the center $Z(\...
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Optimization problem involving Multivariate Normal

I use $\phi(t)$ to describe the standard normal distribution density and $\Phi(t)$ as the normal distribution CDF and would like to prove that for all $n\geq3$, the function: $$h(\mu_{1},\ldots,\...
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Analogy between canonical basis of U(n_-) and Schur functors, each under restriction

.1. For any category $\mathcal C$, possibly enriched over schemes, define $Rep({\mathcal C})$ to be the functor category ${\mathcal C} \to {\bf Vec}$ with direct sum inherited from $\bf Vec$. (If $\...
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Cauchy identity, with sum restricted over partitions with first part $\leq n$

The Cauchy Identity $$ \sum_{\nu}s_{\nu}(x)s_{\nu}(y) = \prod_{j,k=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{1-x_{j}y_{k}} $$ expresses the sum over all integer partitions of the product of pairs of Schur polynomials as ...
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Product of Schur functions

Given two sets of variables $X=\{x_1,\cdots,x_n\}$, $Y=\{y_1,\cdots,y_m\}$, and two partitions $\lambda$ and $\mu$. Is there a formula for the product of the Schur functions $s_{\lambda}(X) s_{\mu}(Y)$...
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Other Variant of Schur Polynomials/Functions

We know that an important variant of the Schur Polynomial is the shifted Schur Polynomials that was developed by Okounkov & Olshanski. The question here is: is there any other variant of Schur ...
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Factorization of symmetric polynomials

Let $\Lambda_n$ be the algebra of all symmetric polynomials in $n$ variables, which we also consider as an infinite-dimensional vector $\mathbb{Q}$-space, whose basis is the Schur polynomials. The ...
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"Sufficiently fat" Schur polynomial times Schubert polynomial is Schubert-positive

It's still open to find a combinatorial proof that for integers $k>0$ and $m>0$, a permutation $u\in S_\infty$ with its final descent at position $m$, and a partition $\lambda$ that $$\mathfrak{...
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Have these polynomials been studied? (Perhaps as generalizations of Schur polynomials in vector variables?)

For $n\geq 3$, let $\mathbf{a}_1,\ldots,\mathbf{a}_n \in \mathbb{Z}^2$ be a collection of points in the plane with integer coordinates $\mathbf{a}_i = (a_{1i},a_{2i})$ where each $a_{1i} > 0$. For ...
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Shifted schur function and holonomic

Now let us denote by $\Lambda^{*}(n)$ the algebra of polynomials in $x_{1},\ldots,x_{n}$ that become symmetric in new variables $$ x_{i}'=x_{i}-i+c, \ i \in 1,\ldots,n.$$ Here c is a arbitrary fixed ...
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Evaluating derivatives of Schur polynomials

Given an arbitrary partition $\lambda$ and an integer $N$ (the number of variables), is there any further way to evaluate the following derivative of the Schur polynomial? \begin{align} A &= \...
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Dimension of roots of irreducible Schur polynomial on unit circle

Let $s_\lambda(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ be a Schur polynomial in $\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ with $\lambda=(\lambda_1\geq\lambda_2\geq\ldots\geq\lambda_n=0)$ and $\gcd(\lambda_1+n-1,\lambda_2+n-2,\dots,\...
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Proofs that the Plücker relations generate the ideal of the Grassmannian

Some context: The $(k,n)$-Grassmannian is the set of $k$-dimensional subspaces of an $n$-dimensional vector space $V$. It can be realized as a projective variety via the Plücker embedding, and the set ...
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what is the link between plethysm in regular representation of the symmetric group and plethysm in Schur functions.

I am trying to understand first how one can define the plethysm say $s_\lambda \circ s_\mu$ as a module in the regular representation of the symmetric group. 1)How is it connected to the plethysms ...
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How to re-expand the sum of Schur function?

Consider next sum \begin{eqnarray} \label{PF_spindef} Z = \sum_{r=0}^{N N_f} h^{2r} \ Q(r) . \end{eqnarray} and \begin{equation} Q(r) \ = \ \sum_{\sigma \vdash r} s_{\sigma}(1^{N_f}) \ s_{\sigma}...
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principal specialization of projective Schur functions

Is there a nice/known formula for the (some) principal specialization of a projective (P or Q) Schur polynomial? That is, I am talking about a projective analogue of Stanley's hook content formula $$...
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Identities involving Littlewood–Richardson coefficients?

I am not aware of that many identities that involve several Littlewood–Richardson coefficients. One recent identity, is a generating function as sum of squares of LR-coefficients, due to Harris and ...
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Finding Littlewood-Richardson coefficients without using identities

The Littlewood-Richardson coefficients $C^{R}_{QP}$ for some partitions $R, Q, P$ can usually be dealt with using identities like for example $$C^{R}_{QP} = 0 \quad \text{ if } \quad|R| \neq |Q| + |P|...
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Schur polynomials in the Chern classes as direct images

Let $E\to X$ be a rank $r$ holomorphic vector bundle on a $n$-dimensional compact complex manifold. Then, it is well known that one can recover the Segre classes of $E$ as follows. Let $\pi\colon P(E)\...
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An upper bound for a vector with given norm 1 and norm 2

Suppose $X = (x_1, \ldots , x_n)$ is given and we know that $x_i$'s are nonnegative, $\sum_{i=1}^n x_i = n$ and $\sum_{i=1}^n x_i^2 = m $. Just by this information, is it possible to find a vector ...
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A Simple Bijective Proof Of Stanley's Hook-Content Formula for Hook Shapes

this is my first post on math overflow so I hope it goes well. I believe I have a fairly simple bijective proof for Stanley's Hook-Content Formula in the case of hook shapes. I wanted to see if ...
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Double Schur function expansion

In literature, I have seen the weighted Hurwitz number $N_{g,n}(d_1 , d_2 \ldots , d_n)$ which are symmetric number and they can be written as double Schur function expansion. \begin{align} \label{eq:...
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Restricted Cauchy identity

Is there some reference for sums like: $$\sum_{\nu \subset \mathrm{[1,n] x[1, m]}}s_{\nu}(x)s_{\nu}(y)t^{|\nu|}$$ $$\sum_{\nu \subset \mathrm{[1,n] x[1, m]}}s_{\nu}(x)s_{\nu}(y)\cdot|\nu|$$ (summation ...
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Annihilator of the of the generating function not holonomic

The following is a generating function in $x,h$ with infinite parameters $q_1,q_2\ldots,$ and $w_1, w_2,\ldots$. $$\Psi(x, h)= \sum_{d=0}^{\infty} s_{(d)} (q_1, q_2, \ldots) \exp \bigg( \sum_{r=1}^{\...
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Schur function on unit circles

Define $T^d$ as following $$ T^d = \left\{(t_1,\cdots,t_d)\in\mathbb{C}^{d}\mid |t_i|= 1 \mbox{ for all } i\right\} $$ For any partition $\lambda\vdash n$,The Schur function is defined $$ \...
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Bounding Schur polynomials of a particular shape

Consider Schur polynomials $s_\lambda$ with $\lambda = (2m, m, m, \ldots, m, 0)$ and $\ell(\lambda) = n$ (that is, $\lambda$ has $n$ rows). Here $m \gg n$, which, for the sake of concreteness, let's ...
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Every antisymmetric (alternating) polynomial is divisible by Vandermonde product

I am looking for a proof of the statement: Every antisymmetric (alternating) polynomial is divisible by Vandermonde product, yielding a symmetric polynomial in the result. The statement is really ...
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Schur polynomials with zeros in an infinite geometric progression

Let $a_1,...,a_n\in \overline{\mathbb{Q}}^\times$ be algebraic numbers, such that $\frac{a_i}{a_j}$ is not a root of unity for $i\neq j$. Furthermore, let $m\in\mathbb{N}$, $m>1$. Question: Is ...
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LGV scheme: Any situations where the weights shift differently for each path?

In Cylindric partitions, Proposition 1, Gessel and Krattenthaler prove a formula for lattice paths on a cylinder In our particular problem, we again have paths $((P_{1},k_{1}),...,(P_{r},k_{r}))$ but ...
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What is an orthogonal form?

I am reading the article: Algebro - Geometric applications of Schur S- and Q-polynomials On page 179, they said about an orthogonal form $\psi$ on $W$. There is no definition of an orthogonal form on ...
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Calculation of complete homogeneous symmetric functions [closed]

Say you have a complete homogeneous symmetric function $$h_4 = \sum_{1\leq i \leq j \leq k \leq l}q^{-i}q^{-j}q^{-k}q^{-l},$$ where $i = 1, 2, 3, \ldots$. There are 7 cases to consider, given by $$...
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Extension of definition of Holonomic closure

My question is about finding the annihilator of a series. Let me begin with what is known and then ask my question. Let $s_d(\frac{q_1}{h},\ldots )$ denote schur function for partition $\lambda =[d]$ ...
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Explicit basis/weight vectors for irreducibles inside the plethysm $Sym^m(\bigwedge^p \mathbf(V))$

This is a follow up to this question about finding the multiplicities of irreducible representations restricted to Young diagrams of 2-columns or less, inside the plethysm $Sym^m(\bigwedge^p \mathbf(V)...
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Reference Request: Irreducibles of the regular representation of the permutation group is absolutely irreducible

I am writing a paper(physics) where I am using the fact that the irreducible's of the regular representations of the permutation group are absolutely irreducible in the following sense. If $V$ is an ...
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Dose density matrix with off-diagonal elements equal to zero has maximum von-Neumann entropy?

von-Neumann entropy I know von-Neumann entropy on density matrix $S=-{\rm Tr}(\rho \ln\rho)$ is similar to Shannon entropy $S=-\sum_i p_i\ln p_i$ in classical mechanics. And I want to get Bose-...
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Is it express in terms of Schur Q-function?

Consider next integral \begin{eqnarray} Z \ = \ h^{- N N_f} \ \int\limits_{SU(N)} \ dU \ \prod_{n=1}^{N} \ \det \left ( 1 + h U \right )^{ N_f} \ \left ( 1 + h U^{\dagger} \right )^{ N_f} \ = \sum_{...
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I search representation in terms of Schur Q-function

Consider next sum $$ Z_0^{N, N_f} = \sum_{r=0}^{N N_f} \sum_{\lambda \vdash r }s_{\lambda}(1^{N_f}) s_{\lambda} (1^{N_f}) = \det_{1\le i, j \le N} \ \binom{2 N_f}{N_f-i +j} = s_{N^{N_f}} \left(...
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Theorem 5.3 ([Okounkov-01]) in Borodin and Gorin's lecture note

In this lecture note: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1212.3351.pdf, Theorem 5.3(P28): Suppose that the $\lambda \in \mathbb{Y}$ is distributed according to the Schur measure $\mathbb{S}_{\rho_1; \rho_2}$. ...
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Methods to get Holonomic functions

Let $a_n$ be a holonomic sequence. By definition, that means there exists a linear differential equation of finite order which annihilates $F(x)$, where $F(x):=\sum a_n x^n$. Similarly let $b_n$, $...
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