Multisegment duality, canonical bases and total positivity (Q1126834)

The author discusses some recent interactions between representation theory, algebraic geometry and algebraic combinatorics. Classically such an interaction involves (i) finite-dimensional representations of symmetric and general linear groups, (ii) geometry of flag varieties and Schubert varieties, and (iii) combinatorics of Young tableaux and related algorithms such as the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence. This interplay is illustrated with a particular piecewise-linear involution, the multisegment duality. It was introduced in some other works of the author in the context of representations of general linear groups over a \(p\)-adic field. In this paper, a new combinatorial interpretation of the multisegment duality as an intertwining map between two piecewise-linear actions of the Lascoux-Schützenberger plactic monoid is given.