Strange expectations and the Winnie-the-Pooh problem

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2020.105298MaRDI QIDQ2194764zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 7 September 2020

Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.02550

zbMATH Keywords

expected valuehighest weight representationLie algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of groups and algebras (05E16) Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10)

Abstract: Motivated by the study of simultaneous cores, we give three proofs (in varying levels of generality) for the expected norm of a weight in a highest weight representation of a complex simple Lie algebra. First, we argue directly using the polynomial method and the Weyl character formula. Second, we use the combinatorics of semistandard tableaux to obtain the result in type A. Third, and most interestingly, we relate this problem to the "Winnie-the-Pooh problem" regarding orthogonal decompositions of Lie algebras; although this approach offers the most explanatory power, it applies only to Cartan types other than A and C. We conclude with computations of many combinatorial cumulants.

Recommendations

• Winnie-the-Pooh and the strange expectations
• Strange expectations and simultaneous cores
• Strange expectations and simultaneous cores
• Strange expectations in affine Weyl groups
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4216454

Cites work

• A conjugacy theorem for E₈
• A Remark on Semi-Simple Lie Algebras
• Armstrong's conjecture for (k, m k + 1)-core partitions
• Asymptotic normality of the major index on standard tableaux
• Bruhat lattices, plane partition generating functions, and minuscule representations
• Catalan numbers for complex reflection groups
• Cataland: why the Fuss?
• Conjectures on the quotient ring by diagonal invariants
• Counting inversions and descents of random elements in finite Coxeter groups
• Coxeter and dual coxeter numbers
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3851333 (Why is no real title available?)
• Mutually unbiased bases and orthogonal decompositions of Lie algebras
• Orthogonal decompositions and integral lattices
• Partitions which are simultaneously t₁- and t₂-core
• Power sums of Coxeter exponents.
• Results and conjectures on simultaneous core partitions
• Strange expectations and simultaneous cores
• Symmetry, Representations, and Invariants
• The Catalan case of Armstrong's conjecture on simultaneous core partitions
• The number of lattice points in alcoves and the exponents of the finite Weyl groups
• Winnie-the-Pooh and the strange expectations

Cited in

(4)

• Winnie-the-Pooh and the strange expectations
• Classical orthogonal decomposition of a modular \(\mathfrak{sl}_n\)
• Some linear transformations on symmetric functions arising from a formula of Thiel and Williams
• A note on orthogonal decomposition of \(\mathfrak{sl}_n\) over commutative rings

This page was built for publication: Strange expectations and the Winnie-the-Pooh problem

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2194764)