Skew representations and an identity of Shi

DOI10.1006/JCTA.1996.0109MaRDI QIDQ2563719zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mihalis Maliakas

Publication date 28 May 1997

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jcta.1996.0109

zbMATH Keywords

branching ruleidentity of Shilattice pathsskew charactersskew diagramskew representationskew tableaux

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial identities, bijective combinatorics (05A19) Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10)

Review text

Let \(\chi^{\lambda/ \mu}\) be the character of the symmetric group \(S_m\), \(m = |\lambda |- |\mu |\), corresponding to the skew diagram \(\lambda/ \mu\) (see Chapter 2.3 of \textit{G. James} and \textit{A. Kerber} [The representation theory of the symmetric group, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass. (1981; Zbl 0491.20010)], or Example 3, p. 117 of \textit{I. G. Macdonald} [Symmetric functions and Hall polynomials, 2nd edition, Oxford (1995; Zbl 0824.05059)]. The author gives a branching rule for restriction of such a character from \(S_{m+1}\) to \(S_m\). This is then used inductively to obtain an identity expressing \(\chi^{ \lambda/ \mu}\) in terms of the restrictions to \(S_m\) of the skew characters associated to certain diagrams related to \(\lambda/ \mu\), as follows. Suitable sets of nodes are removed from the left of the rows of \(\lambda/ \mu\) and replaced on the left of some given row, say row \(u\); further nodes are then added (if necessary) to make row \(u\) flush left with row \(u+1\). A special case of this identity gives a realisation at character level of a combinatorial identity of \textit{J.-Y. Shi} [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 63, No. 1, 79-89 (1993; Zbl 0772.05098)], which counts standard skew tableaux with two rows by means of lattice paths. The question arises whether the general formula proved here admits a similar combinatorial description.

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