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Catalan numbers and Schubert polynomials for $w=1(n+1)... 2$

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We show that the Schubert polynomial S_w specializes to the Catalan number C_n when w=1(n+1)...2w=1(n+1)...2. Several proofs of this result as well as a q-analog are given. An application to the singularities of Schubert varieties is given.

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@article{arxiv.math/0407160,
  title  = {Catalan numbers and Schubert polynomials for $w=1(n+1)... 2$},
  author = {Alexander Woo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0407160},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, 1 figure

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