A note on some representations of SL(\(V\)) (Q1909248)

Let \(V\) be the dual of the standard module for \(\text{SL} (2,\mathbb{C})\) and \(R_d\) its \(d\)th symmetric power, which is well known to be irreducible. For every vector space \(W\) and partition \(\lambda\) of length at most \(\dim \sim W\), denote by \(S^\lambda(W)\) the image of \(W\) under the Schur functor attached to \(\lambda\); then the various \(S^\lambda(W)\) exhaust the simple polynomial \(\text{GL} (W)\) modules. Write \(F_{\lambda e}\) for the generating function of multiplicities of \(R_e\) in \(S^\lambda (R_d)\), where \(\lambda\) and \(e\) are fixed but \(d\) ranges over the nonnegative integers. \textit{M. Brion} has given an explicit formula for \(F_{\lambda e}\) which realizes it as a rational function (generalizing earlier work of the current author) [ibid. 5, No. 1, 29-36 (1994)]. Here the author gives a different proof of the rationality of \(F_{\lambda e}\) using a somewhat simpler method which unfortunately does not give an explicit formula. A possible application to plethysms is mentioned.