A two parameter chromatic symmetric function (Q870084)

Summary: We introduce and develop a two-parameter chromatic symmetric function for a simple graph \(G\) over the field of rational functions in \(q\) and \(t\), \(\mathbb Q(q,t)\). We derive its expansion in terms of the monomial symmetric functions, \(m_{\lambda}\), and present various correlation properties which exist between the two-parameter chromatic symmetric function and its corresponding graph. Additionally, for the complete graph \(G\) of order \(n\), its corresponding two-parameter chromatic symmetric function is the Macdonald polynomial \(Q_{(n)}\). Using this, we develop graphical analogues for the expansion formulas of the two-row Macdonald polynomials and the two-row Jack symmetric functions. Finally, we introduce the ``complement'' of this new function and explore some of its properties.