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Differences of Skew Schur Functions of Staircases with Transposed Foundations

Combinatorics 2010-03-09 v1

Abstract

We consider the skew diagram Δn\Delta_n, which is the 180180^\circ rotation of the staircase diagram δn=(n,n1,n2,...,2,1)\delta_n = (n,n-1,n-2,...,2,1). We create a staircase with bad foundation by augmenting Δn\Delta_n with another skew diagram, which we call the \textit{foundation}. We consider pairs of staircases with bad foundation whose foundations are transposes of one another. Among these pairs, we show that the difference of the corresponding skew Schur functions is Schur-positive in the case when one of the foundations consists of either a one or two row diagram, or a hook diagram.

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@article{arxiv.1003.1688,
  title  = {Differences of Skew Schur Functions of Staircases with Transposed Foundations},
  author = {Matthew Morin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.1688},
  year   = {2010}
}

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