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Macdonald Polynomials and level two Demazure modules for affine $\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}$

Representation Theory 2020-01-16 v2 Combinatorics Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We define a family of symmetric polynomials Gν,λ(z1,,zn+1,q)G_{\nu,\lambda}(z_1,\cdots, z_{n+1},q) indexed by a pair of dominant integral weights. The polynomial Gν,0(z,q)G_{\nu,0}(z,q) is the specialized Macdonald polynomial and we prove that G0,λ(z,q)G_{0,\lambda}(z,q) is the graded character of a level two Demazure module associated to the affine Lie algebra sl^n+1\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}_{n+1}. Under suitable conditions on (ν,λ)(\nu,\lambda) (which includes the case when ν=0\nu=0 or λ=0\lambda=0) we prove that Gν,λ(z,q)G_{\nu,\lambda}(z,q) is Schur positive and give explicit formulae for them in terms of Macdonald polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.1910.05848,
  title  = {Macdonald Polynomials and level two Demazure modules for affine $\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}$},
  author = {Rekha Biswal and Vyjayanthi Chari and Peri Shereen and Jeffrey Wand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.05848},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Version 2; many typos corrected and proofs streamlined

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