Schur positivity of skew Schur function differences and applications to ribbons and Schubert classes

DOI10.1007/S10801-007-0113-0zbMATH Open1210.05174arXiv0706.3253OpenAlexW1973203145MaRDI QIDQ1024808FDOQ1024808

Stephanie van Willigenburg, Trevor A. Welsh, Ronald C. King

Publication date: 17 June 2009

Published in: Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Some new relations on skew Schur function differences are established both combinatorially using Sch"utzenberger's jeu de taquin, and algebraically using Jacobi-Trudi determinants. These relations lead to the conclusion that certain differences of skew Schur functions are Schur positive. Applying these results to a basis of symmetric functions involving ribbon Schur functions confirms the validity of a Schur positivity conjecture due to McNamara. A further application reveals that certain differences of products of Schubert classes are Schubert positive.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3253

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zbMATH Keywords

jeu de taquinsymmetric functionSchubert calculusribbonskew Schur functionJacobi-Trudi determinantSchur positive

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetric functions and generalizations (05E05) Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10)

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