English

The weighted hook length formula

Combinatorics 2010-06-02 v1

Abstract

Based on the ideas in [CKP], we introduce the weighted analogue of the branching rule for the classical hook length formula, and give two proofs of this result. The first proof is completely bijective, and in a special case gives a new short combinatorial proof of the hook length formula. Our second proof is probabilistic, generalizing the (usual) hook walk proof of Green-Nijenhuis-Wilf, as well as the q-walk of Kerov. Further applications are also presented.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1006.0043,
  title  = {The weighted hook length formula},
  author = {Ionut Ciocan-Fontanine and Matjaz Konvalinka and Igor Pak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.0043},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

14 pages, 4 figures

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