Polynomials and Parking Functions

In a 2010 paper Haglund, Morse, and Zabrocki studied the family of polynomials $\nabla C_{p1}\dots C_{pk}1$ , where $p=(p_1,\ldots,p_k)$ is a composition, $\nabla$ is the Bergeron-Garsia Macdonald operator and the $C_\alpha$ are certain slightly modified Hall-Littlewood vertex operators. They conjec...

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Main Author: Angela Hicks
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Published: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 2012-01-01
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description In a 2010 paper Haglund, Morse, and Zabrocki studied the family of polynomials $\nabla C_{p1}\dots C_{pk}1$ , where $p=(p_1,\ldots,p_k)$ is a composition, $\nabla$ is the Bergeron-Garsia Macdonald operator and the $C_\alpha$ are certain slightly modified Hall-Littlewood vertex operators. They conjecture that these polynomials enumerate a composition indexed family of parking functions by area, dinv and an appropriate quasi-symmetric function. This refinement of the nearly decade old ``Shuffle Conjecture,'' when combined with properties of the Hall-Littlewood operators can be shown to imply the existence of certain bijections between these families of parking functions. In previous work to appear in her PhD thesis, the author has shown that the existence of these bijections follows from some relatively simple properties of a certain family of polynomials in one variable x with coefficients in $\mathbb{N}[q]$. In this paper we introduce those polynomials, explain their connection to the conjecture of Haglund, Morse, and Zabrocki, and explore some of their surprising properties, both proven and conjectured.
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spelling doaj.art-f0cc54440fdd4edda57c1a426ba403672024-03-07T14:51:45ZengDiscrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer ScienceDiscrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science1365-80502012-01-01DMTCS Proceedings vol. AR,...Proceedings10.46298/dmtcs.30243024Polynomials and Parking FunctionsAngela Hicks0Department of Mathematics [Univ California San Diego]In a 2010 paper Haglund, Morse, and Zabrocki studied the family of polynomials $\nabla C_{p1}\dots C_{pk}1$ , where $p=(p_1,\ldots,p_k)$ is a composition, $\nabla$ is the Bergeron-Garsia Macdonald operator and the $C_\alpha$ are certain slightly modified Hall-Littlewood vertex operators. They conjecture that these polynomials enumerate a composition indexed family of parking functions by area, dinv and an appropriate quasi-symmetric function. This refinement of the nearly decade old ``Shuffle Conjecture,'' when combined with properties of the Hall-Littlewood operators can be shown to imply the existence of certain bijections between these families of parking functions. In previous work to appear in her PhD thesis, the author has shown that the existence of these bijections follows from some relatively simple properties of a certain family of polynomials in one variable x with coefficients in $\mathbb{N}[q]$. In this paper we introduce those polynomials, explain their connection to the conjecture of Haglund, Morse, and Zabrocki, and explore some of their surprising properties, both proven and conjectured.https://dmtcs.episciences.org/3024/pdfparking functionsdiagonal harmonicshall-littlewood polynomials[info.info-dm] computer science [cs]/discrete mathematics [cs.dm]
spellingShingle Angela Hicks
Polynomials and Parking Functions
Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
parking functions
diagonal harmonics
hall-littlewood polynomials
[info.info-dm] computer science [cs]/discrete mathematics [cs.dm]
title Polynomials and Parking Functions
title_full Polynomials and Parking Functions
title_fullStr Polynomials and Parking Functions
title_full_unstemmed Polynomials and Parking Functions
title_short Polynomials and Parking Functions
title_sort polynomials and parking functions
topic parking functions
diagonal harmonics
hall-littlewood polynomials
[info.info-dm] computer science [cs]/discrete mathematics [cs.dm]
url https://dmtcs.episciences.org/3024/pdf
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