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$DIII$ clan combinatorics for the orthogonal Grassmannian

Combinatorics 2020-09-22 v2

Abstract

Borel subgroup orbits of the classical symmetric space SO2n/GLnSO_{2n}/GL_n are parametrized by DIIIDIII (n,n)(n,n)-clans. We group the clans into "sects" corresponding to Schubert cells of the orthogonal Grassmannian, thus providing a cell decomposition for SO2n/GLnSO_{2n}/GL_n. We also compute a recurrence for the rank polynomial of the weak order poset on DIIIDIII clans, and then describe explicit bijections between such clans, diagonally symmetric rook placements, certain pairs of minimally intersecting set partitions, and a class of weighted Delannoy paths. Clans of the largest sect are in bijection with fixed-point-free partial involutions.

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@article{arxiv.1907.08875,
  title  = {$DIII$ clan combinatorics for the orthogonal Grassmannian},
  author = {Aram Bingham and Özlem Uğurlu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.08875},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Second version with revisions (including title change) based on referee reports; 31 pages, 6 figures; comments are welcome

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