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Bialternant formula for Schur polynomials with repeating variables

Combinatorics 2025-04-01 v1 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We consider polynomials of the form sλ(y1[ϰ1],,yn[ϰn])\operatorname{s}_\lambda(y_1^{[\varkappa_1]},\ldots,y_n^{[\varkappa_n]}), where λ\lambda is an integer partition, sλ\operatorname{s}_\lambda is the Schur polynomial associated to λ\lambda, and yj[ϰj]y_j^{[\varkappa_j]} denotes yjy_j repeated ϰj\varkappa_j times. We represent sλ(y1[ϰ1],,yn[ϰn])\operatorname{s}_\lambda(y_1^{[\varkappa_1]},\ldots,y_n^{[\varkappa_n]}) as a quotient whose the denominator is the determinant of the confluent Vandermonde matrix, and the numerator is the determinant of some generalized confluent Vandermonde matrix. We give three algebraic proofs of this formula.

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@article{arxiv.2312.15680,
  title  = {Bialternant formula for Schur polynomials with repeating variables},
  author = {Luis Angel González-Serrano and Egor A. Maximenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.15680},
  year   = {2025}
}

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26 pages

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