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Catalan functions and $k$-Schur positivity

Combinatorics 2018-04-12 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We prove that graded kk-Schur functions are GG-equivariant Euler characteristics of vector bundles on the flag variety, settling a conjecture of Chen-Haiman. We expose a new miraculous shift invariance property of the graded kk-Schur functions and resolve the Schur positivity and kk-branching conjectures in the strongest possible terms by providing direct combinatorial formulas using strong marked tableaux.

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@article{arxiv.1804.03701,
  title  = {Catalan functions and $k$-Schur positivity},
  author = {Jonah Blasiak and Jennifer Morse and Anna Pun and Daniel Summers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.03701},
  year   = {2018}
}

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43 pages, 2 figures

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