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Limit shapes for skew Howe duality

Probability 2022-11-28 v1 Mathematical Physics Combinatorics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

We study large random partitions boxed into a rectangle and coming from skew Howe duality, or alternatively from dual Schur measures. As the sides of the rectangle go to infinity, we obtain: 1) limit shape results for the profiles generalizing the Vershik--Kerov--Logan--Shepp curve; and 2) universal edge asymptotic results for the first parts in the form of the Tracy--Widom distribution, as well as less-universal critical regime results introduced by Gravner, Tracy and Widom. We do this for a large class of Schur parameters going beyond the Plancherel or principal specializations previously studied in the literature, parametrized by two real valued functions ff and gg. Connections to a Bernoulli model of (last passage) percolation are explored.

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@article{arxiv.2211.13728,
  title  = {Limit shapes for skew Howe duality},
  author = {Dan Betea and Anton Nazarov and Travis Scrimshaw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.13728},
  year   = {2022}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures, extended abstract

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