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Symplectic $Q$-functions are a symplectic analogue of Schur $Q$-functions and defined as the $t=-1$ specialization of Hall--Littlewood functions associated with the root system of type $C$. In this paper we prove that symplectic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-08 Soichi Okada

We derive several identities involving Ikeda and Naruse's $K$-theoretic Schur $P$- and $Q$-functions. Our main result is a formula conjectured by Lewis and the second author which expands each $K$-theoretic Schur $Q$-function in terms of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-01 Yu-Cheng Chiu , Eric Marberg

Normal crystals (also known as Stembridge crystals) are commonly used to establish the Schur positivity of symmetric functions, as their characters are sums of Schur polynomials. In this paper, we develop a combinatorial framework for a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-29 Eric Marberg , Kam Hung Tong , Tianyi Yu

We introduce coplactic raising and lowering operators $E'_i$, $F'_i$, $E_i$, and $F_i$ on shifted skew semistandard tableaux. We show that the primed operators and unprimed operators each independently form type A Kashiwara crystals (but…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-21 Maria Gillespie , Jake Levinson , Kevin Purbhoo

For a given skew shape, we build a crystal graph on the set of all reverse plane partitions that have this shape. As a consequence, we get a simple extension of the Littlewood-Richardson rule for the expansion of the corresponding dual…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-11 Pavel Galashin

We introduce a Pfaffian formula that extends Schur's $Q$-functions $Q_\lambda$ to be indexed by compositions $\lambda$ with negative parts. This formula makes the Pfaffian construction more consistent with other constructions, such as the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-25 John Graf , Naihuan Jing

We provide the special values of the skew version of the $K$-theoretic Schur $P$- and $Q$-functions. Using these special values, we show an oddness property of the number of shifted set-valued skew tableaux. Additionally, we generalize…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-27 Takahiko Nobukawa , Tatsushi Shimazaki

Schur functions has been shown to satisfy certain plethysm stability properties and recurrence relations. In this paper, use vertex operator methods to study analogous stability properties of Schur's $Q$-functions. Although the two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-17 John Graf , Naihuan Jing

Let $\Lambda$ be the space of symmetric functions and $V_k$ be the subspace spanned by the modified Schur functions $\{S_\lambda[X/(1-t)]\}_{\lambda_1\leq k}$. We introduce a new family of symmetric polynomials,…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 L. Lapointe , A. Lascoux , J. Morse

The ring of symmetric functions $\Lambda$, with natural basis given by the Schur functions, arise in many different areas of mathematics. For example, as the cohomology ring of the grassmanian, and as the representation ring of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-09-03 Robin Langer

The involution Stanley symmetric functions $\hat{F}_y$ are the stable limits of the analogues of Schubert polynomials for the orbits of the orthogonal group in the flag variety. These symmetric functions are also generating functions for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-10 Zachary Hamaker , Eric Marberg , Brendan Pawlowski

We introduce coplactic raising and lowering operators $E'_i$, $F'_i$, $E_i$, and $F_i$ on shifted skew semistandard tableaux. We show that the primed operators and unprimed operators each independently form type A Kashiwara crystals (but…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-03 Maria Gillespie , Jake Levinson , Kevin Purbhoo

We introduce the multiple zeta functions with structures similar to those of symmetric functions such as Schur $P$-, Schur $Q$-, symplectic and orthogonal functions in the representation theory. We first consider their basic properties such…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-08-26 Maki Nakasuji , Wataru Takeda

We give a $U_q(\mathfrak{sl}_n)$-crystal structure on multiset-valued tableaux, hook-valued tableaux, and valued-set tableaux, whose generating functions are the weak symmetric, canonical, and dual weak symmetric Grothendieck functions,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-16 Graham Hawkes , Travis Scrimshaw

We classify the $Q$-multiplicity-free skew Schur $Q$-functions. Towards this result, we also provide new relations between the shifted Littlewood-Richardson coefficients.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-28 Christopher Schure

A combinatorial expression for the coefficient of the Schur function $s_{\lambda}$ in the expansion of the plethysm $p_{n/d}^d \circ s_{\mu}$ is given for all $d$ dividing $n$ for the cases in which $n=2$ or $\lambda$ is rectangular. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-01-14 David B Rush

The Schur function expansion of Sato-Segal-Wilson KP tau-functions is reviewed. The case of tau-functions related to algebraic curves of arbitrary genus is studied in detail. Explicit expressions for the Pl\"ucker coordinate coefficients…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-04-08 V. Enolski , J. Harnad

Cylindric skew Schur functions, a generalization of skew Schur functions, are closely related to the famous problem finding a combinatorial formula for the 3-point Gromov-Witten invariants of Grassmannian. In this paper, we prove cylindric…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-06-15 Seung Jin Lee

We give a new Littlewood-Richardson rule for the Schubert structure coefficients of isotropic Grassmannians, equivalently for the multiplication of $P$-Schur functions. Serrano (2010) previously gave a formula in terms of classes in his…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Santiago Estupiñán-Salamanca , Oliver Pechenik

It is known that the Schur expansion of a skew Schur function runs over the interval of partitions, equipped with dominance order, defined by the least and the most dominant Littlewood-Richardson filling of the skew shape. We characterise…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-17 Olga Azenhas , Alessandro Conflitti , Ricardo Mamede