New symmetric plane partition identities from invariant theory work of De Concini and Procesi (Q2277455): Difference between revisions

Nine product identities for certain one-variable generating functions of certain families of plane partitions are presented in a unified fashion. The first two are due to McMahon, Bender, Knuth, Gordon and Andrews regarding symmetric plane partitions. All identities are derived from tableaux descriptions of weights of specially nice representations of Lie groups, eight of them for the `right end node' representations of \(^{\sim}(2n+1)\) and Sp(2n). The two newest identities come from a tableau description which arose in the work of De Concini and Procesi on classical invariant theory. In the last selection, there is discussion of the relationship of this work to Stanley's view of bounded plane partitions with symmetries. After the paper was written, it is pointed out that some overlapping results have been obtained by Desainte- Catherine and Viennot, Desarmenien and by Stembridge.