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Gaudin functions, and Euler-Poincar\'e characteristics

Combinatorics 2007-09-12 v1

Abstract

Given two positive integers n,r, we define the Gaudin function of level r to be quotient of the numerator of the determinant det(1/ ((x_i-y_j)(x_i-ty_j) ... (x_i-t^r y_j)), i,j=1..n, by the two Vandermonde in x and y. We show that it can be characterized by specializing the x-variables into the y-variables, multiplied by powers of t. This allows us to obtain the Gaudin function of level 1 (due to Korepin and Izergin) as the image of a resultant under the the Euler-Poincar\'e characteristics of the flag manifold. As a corollary, we recover a result of Warnaar about the generating function of Macdonald polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.0709.1635,
  title  = {Gaudin functions, and Euler-Poincar\'e characteristics},
  author = {Alain Lascoux},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.1635},
  year   = {2007}
}
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