Boolean product polynomials, Schur positivity, and Chern plethysm

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNZ261zbMATH Open1480.05133OpenAlexW2989804646WikidataQ127228396 ScholiaQ127228396MaRDI QIDQ5022012FDOQ5022012

Authors Sara Billey, Brendon Rhoades, Vasu V. Tewari 

Publication date 18 January 2022

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.11165

zbMATH Keywords

Schur polynomialhomogeneous symmetric polynomialChern plethysm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetric functions and generalizations (05E05) Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Symmetric groups (20B30)

Abstract: Let $1leqkleqn$ and let $X_n=(x_1,dots,x_n)$ be a list of $n$ variables. The {em Boolean product polynomial} $B_{n,k}(X_n)$ is the product of the linear forms $su{m}_{iinS}{x}_i$ where $S$ ranges over all $k$-element subsets of $1,2,dots,n$. We prove that Boolean product polynomials are Schur positive. We do this via a new method of proving Schur positivity using vector bundles and a symmetric function operation we call {em Chern plethysm}. This gives a geometric method for producing a vast array of Schur positive polynomials whose Schur positivity lacks (at present) a combinatorial or representation theoretic proof. We relate the polynomials $B_{n,k}(X_n)$ for certain $k$ to other combinatorial objects including derangements, positroids, alternating sign matrices, and reverse flagged fillings of a partition shape. We also relate $B_{n,n-1}(X_n)$ to a bigraded action of the symmetric group $mathfrak{S}_n$ on a divergence free quotient of superspace.

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