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A proof of the shuffle conjecture

Representation Theory 2018-12-11 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

We present a proof of the compositional shuffle conjecture, which generalizes the famous shuffle conjecture for the character of the diagonal coinvariant algebra. We first formulate the combinatorial side of the conjecture in terms of certain operators on a graded vector space VV_* whose degree zero part is the ring of symmetric functions Sym[X]Sym[X] over Q(q,t)\mathbb{Q}(q,t). We then extend these operators to an action of an algebra A˚~\tilde{\AA} acting on this space, and interpret the right generalization of the \nabla using an involution of the algebra which is antilinear with respect to the conjugation (q,t)(q1,t1)(q,t)\mapsto (q^{-1},t^{-1}).

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@article{arxiv.1508.06239,
  title  = {A proof of the shuffle conjecture},
  author = {Erik Carlsson and Anton Mellit},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.06239},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

some proofs are expanded. Accepted in JAMS

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