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Plethysm coefficients $\mathsf{a}_{\mu[\nu]}^\lambda$ are the structure coefficients of the plethysm of Schur functions $s_\mu[s_\nu] = \sum_{\lambda} \mathsf{a}_{\mu[\nu]}^\lambda s_\lambda$. We study a bivariate generating function of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Álvaro Gutiérrez , Rosa Orellana , Franco Saliola , Anne Schilling , Mike Zabrocki

We introduce new families of cylindric symmetric functions as subcoalgebras in the ring of symmetric functions $\Lambda$ (viewed as a Hopf algebra) which have non-negative structure constants. Combinatorially these cylindric symmetric…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-05 Christian Korff , David Palazzo

We introduce and study a generalization $s_{(\mu|\lambda)}$ of the Schur functions called the almost symmetric Schur functions. These functions simultaneously generalize the finite variable key polynomials and the infinite variable Schur…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-03 Milo Bechtloff Weising

Plethysm of two Schur functions can be expressed as a linear combination of Schur functions, and monomial symmetric functions. In this paper, we express the coefficients combinatorially in the case of monomial symmetric functions. And by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-09-28 Kazuto Iijima

Cylindric Schur functions are a family of symmetric functions that generalize skew Schur functions. We give a short proof that skew cylindric Schur functions expand positively in terms of non-skew cylindric Schur functions. In particular,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Alexander Dobner

The classical algebra $\Lambda$ of symmetric functions has a remarkable deformation $\Lambda^*$, which we call the algebra of shifted symmetric functions. In the latter algebra, there is a distinguished basis formed by shifted Schur…

q-alg · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Andrei Okounkov , Grigori Olshanski

This paper proves a combinatorial rule giving all maximal and minimal partitions $\lambda$ such that the Schur function $s_\lambda$ appears in a plethysm of two arbitrary Schur functions. Determining the decomposition of these plethysms has…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-14 Rowena Paget , Mark Wildon

Composing two representations of the general linear groups gives rise to Littlewood's (outer) plethysm. On the level of characters, this poses the question of finding the Schur expansion of the plethysm of two Schur functions. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-20 Laura Colmenarejo , Rosa Orellana , Franco Saliola , Anne Schilling , Mike Zabrocki

Egge, Loehr, and Warrington proved a formula for the Schur function expansion of a symmetric function in terms of its expansion in fundamental quasi-symmetric functions. Their formula involves the coefficients of a modified inverse Kostka…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-25 Ira M. Gessel

Using the vertex operator representations for symplectic and orthogonal Schur functions, we define two families of symmetric functions and show thatthey are the skew symplectic and skew orthogonal Schur polynomials defined implicitly by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-22 Naihuan Jing , Zhijun Li , Danxia Wang

Schur's transforms of a polynomial are used to count its roots in the unit disk. These are generalized them by introducing the sequence of symmetric sub-resultants of two polynomials. Although they do have a determinantal definition, we…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Cyril Brunie , Philippe Saux Picart

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 study the stochastic six-vertex model in half-space with generic integrable boundary weights, and define two families of multivariate rational symmetric functions. Using commutation relations between double-row operators, we prove a skew…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Alexandr Garbali , Jan de Gier , William Mead , Michael Wheeler

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

We introduce two new bases of QSym, the flipped extended Schur functions and the backward extended Schur functions, as well as their duals in NSym, the flipped shin functions and the backward shin functions. These bases are the images of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Spencer Daugherty

We consider families of quasisymmetric functions with the property that if a symmetric function $f$ is a positive sum of functions in one of these families, then f is necessarily a positive sum of Schur functions. Furthermore, in each of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-08-31 Austin Roberts

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

We study a linear map on symmetric functions that ``divides'' a partition by a positive integer $k$, sending a Schur function indexed by a partition of $kn$ to a symmetric function indexed by partitions of $n$. We determine its Schur…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Per Alexandersson , Lilan Dai

In this paper, we study shifted Schur functions $S_\mu^\star$, as well as a new family of shifted symmetric functions $\mathfrak{K}_\mu$ linked to Kostka numbers. We prove that both are polynomials in multi-rectangular coordinates, with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-18 Per Alexandersson , Valentin Féray

The inner plethysm of symmetric functions corresponds to the $\lambda$-ring operations of the representation ring $R({\mathfrak S}_n)$ of the symmetric group. It is known since the work of Littlewood that this operation possesses stability…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-17 Jean-Yves Thibon