Quantum multiplication of Schur polynomials

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Abstract: We give formulas for the products of classes of Schubert varieties in the quantum cohomology rings of Grassmannians, in terms of the combinatorics of partitions and tableaux.


This paper presents formulas for the quantum multiplication of classes of Schubert varieties: These formulas are ``quantum analogues of the classical Littlewood-Richardson rule and the Kostka numbers, which describe the expansion of products of Schur functions. The basic algorithm involves rim hooks of Young diagrams: Quantum Kostka numbers are shown to be the numbers of tableaux satisfying a certain condition, an efficient algorithm for computing the quantum Littlewood-Richardson numbers is derived. The natural isomorphism of the quantum cohomology rings of Grassmannians \(\text{QH}^*(\text{Gr}(l,l+k))\) and \(\text{QH}^*(\text{Gr}(k,l+k))\) leads to dual versions of these results. Finally, the relation between the quantum cohomology ring and the Verlinde (or fusion) algebra is described.




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