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Derangement permutation matrices and orbit harmonics

Combinatorics 2026-07-30 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

Let xn×n\mathbf{x}_{n \times n} be an n×nn \times n matrix of variables and let S=F[xn×n]S = \mathbb{F}[\mathbf{x}_{n \times n}] be the polynomial ring over these variables where F\mathbb{F} is a field of characteristic zero. Regard SS as the coordinate ring of the affine space Fn×n\mathbb{F}^{n \times n} of n×nn \times n F\mathbb{F}-matrices. Let DnFn×n\mathfrak{D}_n \subseteq \mathbb{F}^{n \times n} be the locus of derangement permutation matrices. We study the orbit harmonics quotient ring R(Dn)=S/grI(Dn){\bf R}(\mathfrak{D}_n) = S/\mathrm{gr} \, \mathbf{I}(\mathfrak{D}_n) where grI(Dn)\mathrm{gr} \, \mathbf{I}(\mathfrak{D}_n) is the associated graded ideal of the vanishing ideal I(Dn)S\mathbf{I}(\mathfrak{D}_n) \subseteq S. We give an explicit generating set of grI(Dn),\mathrm{gr} \, \mathbf{I}(\mathfrak{D}_n), relate the Hilbert series of R(Dn)\mathbf{R}(\mathfrak{D}_n) to the Foata transformation and the longest increasing subsequence statistic on Sn\mathfrak{S}_n, and give an alternating sum formula for the graded Sn\mathfrak{S}_n-character of R(Dn)\mathbf{R}(\mathfrak{D}_n). Our proofs make heavy use of the mapping cone construction of homological algebra.

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@article{arxiv.2607.28157,
  title  = {Derangement permutation matrices and orbit harmonics},
  author = {Yupeng Li and Jasper Liu and Brendon Rhoades},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.28157},
  year   = {2026}
}

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34 pages