Spin q-Whittaker polynomials and deformed quantum Toda

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Abstract: Spin q-Whittaker symmetric polynomials labeled by partitions lambda were recently introduced by Borodin and Wheeler (arXiv:1701.06292) in the context of integrable mathfraksl2 vertex models. They are a one-parameter deformation of the t=0 Macdonald polynomials. We present a new, more convenient modification of spin q-Whittaker polynomials and find two Macdonald type q-difference operators acting diagonally in these polynomials with eigenvalues, respectively, q−lambda1 and qlambdaN (where lambda is the polynomial's label). We study probability measures on interlacing arrays based on spin q-Whittaker polynomials, and match their observables with known stochastic particle systems such as the q-Hahn TASEP. In a scaling limit as qearrow1, spin q-Whittaker polynomials turn into a new one-parameter deformation of the mathfrakgln Whittaker functions. The rescaled Pieri type rule gives rise to a one-parameter deformation of the quantum Toda Hamiltonian. The deformed Hamiltonian acts diagonally on our new spin Whittaker functions. On the stochastic side, as qearrow1 we discover a multilevel extension of the beta polymer model of Barraquand and Corwin (arXiv:1503.04117), and relate it to spin Whittaker functions.


As stated in the beginning of the text, this paper deals with new classes of symmetric functions inspired by the \(U_q(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}_2})\) Yang-Baxter equation and applications to integrable stochastic interacting particle systems and random polymer models. The main objects are the spin \(q\)-Whittaker polynomials and the spin Hall-Littlewood polynomials. See Figure 1 in the paper for the scheme explaining various families of symmetric functions together with stochastic systems related to them. The content is divided into two parts: discrete and continuous. The first part introduces the family of spin \(q\)-Whittaker polynomials \(\mathbb{F}_\lambda(x)\) and the study of their properties. The polynomials are labeled by partitions \(\lambda\) and have parameters \(q\) and \(s\), which are slight generalization of those introduced by Borodin and Wheeler. This paper extends all the properties known for the Borodin-Wheeler family to the new family, such as symmetry, Cauchy-type summation formulas and Pieri-type formulas, utilizing the new \(q\)-difference operators \(\mathfrak{D}_1,\overline{\mathfrak{D}}_1\) for which the polynomials are joint eigenfunctions. The paper also discusses the spin Hall-Littlewood functions and related integrable stochastic models. The second part deals with continuously labeled spin Whittaker functions and their properties. These include Givental-type integral representations for spin Whittaker functions, Cauchy type identities, connections to random polymer models with beta weights, and a new deformation of the quantum Toda Hamiltonian.



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