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 is the number of standard Young tableaux of shape and is the hook length of the square of the Young diagram of . We also obtain other similar formulas.
Cite
@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")