Spin-preserving Knuth correspondences for ribbon tableaux

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Abstract: The RSK correspondence generalises the Robinson-Schensted correspondence by replacing permutation matrices by matrices with entries in , and standard Young tableaux by semistandard ones. For r>0, the Robinson-Schensted correspondence can be trivially extended, using the r-quotient map, to one between coloured permutations and pairs of standard r-ribbon tableaux built on a fixed r-core (the Stanton-White correspondence). This correspondence can also be generalised to arbitrary matrices with entries in and pairs of semistandard r-ribbon tableaux built on a fixed r-core; the generalisation is derived from the RSK correspondence, again using the r-quotient map. Shimozono and White recently defined a more interesting generalisation of the Robinson-Schensted correspondence to coloured permutations and standard r-ribbon tableaux, one that (unlike the Stanton-White correspondence) respects the spin statistic (total height of ribbons) on standard r-ribbon tableaux, relating it directly to the colours of the coloured permutation. We define a construction establishing a bijective correspondence between general matrices with entries in and pairs of semistandard r-ribbon tableaux built on a fixed r-core, which respects the spin statistic on those tableaux in a similar manner, relating it directly to the matrix entries. We also define a similar generalisation of the asymmetric RSK correspondence, in which case the matrix entries are taken from 0,1r.


A construction of a one-to-one correspondence between matrices with entries given by \(r\)-tuples of natural numbers, and pairs of semistandard \(r\)-ribbon tableaux built on a fixed \(r\)-core is given. The construction preserves the spin statistic in a similar manner to the correspondence of \textit{M. Shimozono} and \textit{D. E. White} [Discrete Math. 246, 295--316 (2002; Zbl 0995.05144)]. A generalisation of the RSK correspondence along similar lines is also given. The proof involves a new combinatorial object, known as a shape datum, derived from an analysis of Knuth correspondences by Fomin. The correspondences obtained are used to obtain certain generating series identities. There is a relationship to a commutation relation obtained by \textit{M. Kashiwara, T. Miwa} and \textit{E. Stern} [Sel. Math., New Ser. 1, 787--805 (1995; Zbl 0857.17013)].











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