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Skew odd orthogonal characters and interpolating Schur polynomials

Representation Theory 2025-10-13 v1 Combinatorics Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We introduce two vertex operators to realize skew odd orthogonal characters soλ/μ(x±)so_{\lambda/\mu}(x^{\pm}) and derive the Cauchy identity for the skew characters via Toeplitz-Hankel-type determinant similar to the Schur functions. The method also gives new proofs of the Jacobi--Trudi identity and Gelfand--Tsetlin patterns for soλ/μ(x±)so_{\lambda/\mu}(x^{\pm}). Moreover, combining the vertex operators related to characters of types C,DC,D (\cite{Ba1996,JN2015}) and the new vertex operators related to BB-type characters, we obtain three families of symmetric polynomials that interpolate among characters of SO2n+1(C)SO_{2n+1}(\mathbb{C}), SO2n(C)SO_{2n}(\mathbb{C}) and Sp2n(C)Sp_{2n}(\mathbb{C}), Their transition formulas are also explicitly given among symplectic and/or orthogonal characters and odd orthogonal characters.

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@article{arxiv.2502.15586,
  title  = {Skew odd orthogonal characters and interpolating Schur polynomials},
  author = {Naihuan Jing and Zhijun Li and Danxia Wang and Chang Ye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.15586},
  year   = {2025}
}

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