Generating functions for plane partitions of a given shape (Q2277454)

Let \(D_ r\) denote the set of all r-tuples \(\lambda =(\lambda_ 1,\lambda_ 2,...,\lambda_ r)\) of integers with \(\lambda_ 1\geq \lambda_ 2\geq...\geq \lambda_ r.\) Let \(\alpha\),\(\beta\) be arbitrary integers and \(\lambda,\mu \in D_ r\) with \(\lambda\geq \mu\). An array \(\pi\) of integers with rows of the form \(\pi_{i,\mu_ i+1}...\pi_{i,\lambda_ i},\quad 1\leq i\leq r,\) is called an (\(\alpha\),\(\beta\))-plane partition of shape \(\lambda\) /\(\mu\) if \(\pi_{ij}\leq \pi_{i,j+1}+\alpha\) for \(1\leq i\leq r\), \(\mu_ i<j<\lambda_ i\) and \(\pi_{ij}\geq \pi_{i+1,j}+\beta\) for \(1\leq i<r\), \(\mu <j\leq \lambda_{i+1}.\) Three types of generating functions are computed for various classes of these (\(\alpha\),\(\beta\))-plane partitions. In addition determinantal expressions are obtained for these generating functions. Some special cases of these determinants are evaluated.