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Macdonald Polynomials and Multivariable Basic Hypergeometric Series

Combinatorics 2008-04-24 v2 Mathematical Physics Classical Analysis and ODEs math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study Macdonald polynomials from a basic hypergeometric series point of view. In particular, we show that the Pieri formula for Macdonald polynomials and its recently discovered inverse, a recursion formula for Macdonald polynomials, both represent multivariable extensions of the terminating very-well-poised 6-phi-5 summation formula. We derive several new related identities including multivariate extensions of Jackson's very-well-poised 8-phi-7 summation. Motivated by our basic hypergeometric analysis, we propose an extension of Macdonald polynomials to Macdonald symmetric functions indexed by partitions with complex parts. These appear to possess nice properties.

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@article{arxiv.math/0611639,
  title  = {Macdonald Polynomials and Multivariable Basic Hypergeometric Series},
  author = {Michael J. Schlosser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611639},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

This is a contribution to the Vadim Kuznetsov Memorial Issue on Integrable Systems and Related Topics, published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/