Four positive formulae for type \(A\) quiver polynomials (Q2433885)

Consider a chain of vector bundle maps over a base space. The points in the source, over which the ranks of the vector bundle maps and their compositions have certain values, are called quiver degeneracy loci. The authors study the classes these degeneracy loci represent in the cohomology and \(K\)-theory of the base space. Namely, they calculate the so-called \(K\)-polynomials and multidegrees of the quiver loci corresponding to equioriented quivers of type \(A_n\). Four formulas are presented in the paper, all having their own advantages. The formulas are combinatorial, i.e. they express the result in terms of certain combinatorial objects (Zelevinsky permutations, lacing diagrams, Young-tableaux, pipe dreams). All the formulas are positive, which means that the result is presented as a sum with positive coefficients. Three of the formulas are geometric, that is, the terms correspond bijectively to torus-invariant schemes. The last formula is very similar in nature to the conjectured formula of Buch and Fulton for the same loci.