Equivalence of the combinatorial and the classical definitions of Schur functions

DOI10.1016/0097-3165(89)90086-1MaRDI QIDQ582385zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert A. Proctor

Publication date 1989

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0097-3165(89)90086-1

zbMATH Keywords

determinantsgenerating functionSchur function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Representations of finite symmetric groups (20C30)

Review text

A very short and elegant proof is given of the equivalence of the definitions of the Schur function as either a ratio of determinants or as a combinatorial generating function.

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