Pieri rule for the affine flag variety (Q329485)

Affine Schubert calculus is a subject that ties together combinatorics, algebraic geometry and representation theory. Its modern development is motivated by the relation between k-Schur functions and the (co)homology of the affine Grassmannian of \(SL(n)\). The \(k\)-Schur functions were introduced by Lapointe, Lascoux, Morse in the study of Macdonald polynomial positivity, a mostly combinatorial branch of symmetric function theory. In this paper, the author prove the affine Pieri rule for the cohomology of the affine flag variety conjectured in [\textit{T. Lam} et al., Math. Z. 264, No. 4, 765--811 (2010; Zbl 1230.05279)]. He introduces the cap operators acting on the affine nilCoxeter ring \(A_0\) by investigating the work of Kostant and Kumar and show that the cap operators for Pieri elements are the same as the Pieri operators sing strong strips. The affine Pieri rule gives us a geometric interpretation of the skew strong Schur functions as an affine Grassmannian part of the cap product of the Schubert classes in (co)homology of the affine flag variety. Then he describes these two operators.