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A combinatorial divisibility question from noncommutative algebra

Combinatorics 2016-11-28 v1 Algebraic Geometry Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We present a general conjecture on the divisibility of a certain expression in terms of Kostka numbers and their close variants. This conjecture is closely related to a variant of the period-index problem of noncommutative algebra, with partial implications in both directions. We present a description of the connection between these two problems via Schubert calculus as motivation and evidence for the conjecture before turning to a proof of the conjecture in a family of cases.

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@article{arxiv.1611.07982,
  title  = {A combinatorial divisibility question from noncommutative algebra},
  author = {Arnav Tripathy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.07982},
  year   = {2016}
}

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14 pages; comments welcome!

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