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Planar rook algebra with colors and Pascal's simplex

Representation Theory 2012-11-06 v1

Abstract

We define Pn,cP_{n,c} to be the set of all diagrams consisting of two rows of nn vertices with edges, each colored with an element in a set of cc possible colors, connecting vertices in different rows. Each vertex can have at most one edge incident to it, and no edges of the same color can cross. In this paper, we find a complete set of irreducible representations of \CPn,c\C P_{n,c}. We show that the Bratteli diagram of \CP0,c\CP1,c\CP2,c...\C P_{0,c} \subseteq \C P_{1,c} \subseteq \C P_{2,c} \subseteq... is Pascal's (c+1)(c+1)-simplex, and use this to provide an alternative proof of the well-known recursive formula for multinomial coefficients.

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@article{arxiv.1211.0663,
  title  = {Planar rook algebra with colors and Pascal's simplex},
  author = {Sarah Mousley and Nathan Schley and Amy Shoemaker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.0663},
  year   = {2012}
}
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