A Giambelli formula for isotropic Grassmannians (Q522651)

Let \(G = G(m, N)\) denote the Grassmannian of \(m\)-dimensional subspaces of \(\mathbb C_N\). To each integer partition \(\lambda = (\lambda_1, \ldots, \lambda_m)\) whose Young diagram is contained in an \(m \times (N- m)\) rectangle, they associate a Schubert class \(\sigma_{\lambda}\) in the cohomology ring of \(G\). The special Schubert classes \(\sigma_1, \ldots, \sigma_{N-m}\) are the Chern classes of the universal quotient bundle \(\mathcal Q\) over \(G(m, N)\); they generate the graded cohomology ring \(H^\ast(G,\mathbb Z)\). The classical Giambelli formula is an explicit expression for \(\sigma_{\lambda}\) as a polynomial in the special classes. In this paper the authors prove: Let \(X\) be a symplectic or odd orthogonal Grassmannian. They prove a Giambelli formula which expresses an arbitrary Schubert class in \(H^\ast(X,\mathbb Z)\) as a polynomial in certain special Schubert classes. This polynomial will be called a theta polynomial, is defined using raising operators, and we study its image in the ring of Billey-Haiman Schubert polynomials.