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Expanding K-theoretic Schur Q-functions

Combinatorics 2024-02-01 v2

Abstract

We derive several identities involving Ikeda and Naruse's KK-theoretic Schur PP- and QQ-functions. Our main result is a formula conjectured by Lewis and the second author which expands each KK-theoretic Schur QQ-function in terms of KK-theoretic Schur PP-functions. This formula extends to some more general identities relating the skew and dual versions of both power series. We also prove a shifted version of Yeliussizov's skew Cauchy identity for symmetric Grothendieck polynomials. Finally, we discuss some conjectural formulas for the dual KK-theoretic Schur PP- and QQ-functions of Nakagawa and Naruse. We show that one such formula would imply a basis property expected of the KK-theoretic Schur QQ-functions.

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@article{arxiv.2111.08993,
  title  = {Expanding K-theoretic Schur Q-functions},
  author = {Yu-Cheng Chiu and Eric Marberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.08993},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

33 pages; v2: some corrections, added exposition, and minor reorganization

R2 v1 2026-06-24T07:41:52.581Z