Another probabilistic method in the theory of Young tableaux (Q2266014): Difference between revisions

If f(\(\lambda)\) denotes the number of Young tableaux of shape \(\lambda\) and size n, then \(f(\lambda)=n!/\pi h_{ab}\) is the well-known ''hook formula''. A probabilistic proof of this formula based on a simple random walk, now called a hook walk, on a board of shape \(\lambda\) is given by \textit{C. Greene}, \textit{A. Nijenhuis} and \textit{H. Wilf} [Advances Math. 31, 104-109 (1979; Zbl 0398.05008)]. In this paper it is shown that a slight change in the hook walk leads to proving the Young-Frobenius formula \(\sum_{| \lambda | =n}f(\lambda)^ 2=n!\).