An inverse matrix formula in the right-quantum algebra (Q1010729)

Summary: The right-quantum algebra was introduced recently by \textit{S. Garoufalidis, T. Lê} and \textit{D. Zeilberger} [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, No. 38, 13928--13931 (2006; Zbl 1170.05012)] in their quantum generalization of the MacMahon master theorem. A bijective proof of this identity due to \textit{M. Konvalinka} and \textit{I. Pak} [Adv. Math. 216, No. 1, 29--61 (2007; Zbl 1154.81018)] and also the recent proof of the right-quantum Sylvester's determinant identity, make heavy use of a bijection related to the first fundamental transformation on words introduced by \textit{D. Foata} [Adv. Math. 31, 330--349 (1979; Zbl 0418.15004)]. This paper makes explicit the connection between this transformation and right-quantum linear algebra identities; we give a new, bijective proof of the right-quantum matrix inverse theorem, we show that similar techniques prove the right-quantum Jacobi ratio theorem, and we use the matrix inverse formula to find a generalization of the (right-quantum) MacMahon master theorem.