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Polynomiality of some hook-length statistics

Combinatorics 2012-01-17 v4

Abstract

We prove a conjecture of Okada giving an exact formula for a certain statistic for hook-lengths of partitions: \frac{1}{n!} \sum_{\lambda \vdash n} f_{\lambda}^2 \sum_{u \in \lambda} \prod_{i=1}^{r}(h_u^2 - i^2) = \frac{1}{2(r+1)^2} \binom{2r}{r}\binom{2r+2}{r+1} \prod_{j=0}^{r} (n-j), where fλf_{\lambda} is the number of standard Young tableaux of shape λ\lambda and huh_u is the hook length of the square uu of the Young diagram of λ\lambda. We also obtain other similar formulas.

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@article{arxiv.0811.3463,
  title  = {Polynomiality of some hook-length statistics},
  author = {Greta Panova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.3463},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

Published in The Ramanujan Journal; minor edits, title changed (formerly "Proof of a conjecture of Okada")

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