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Growth diagrams for the Schubert multiplication

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Abstract

We present a partial generalization of the classical Littlewood-Richardson rule (in its version based on Schützenberger's jeu de taquin) to Schubert calculus on flag varieties. More precisely, we describe certain structure constants expressing the product of a Schubert and a Schur polynomial. We use a generalization of Fomin's growth diagrams (for chains in Young's lattice of partitions) to chains of permutations in the so-called k-Bruhat order. Our work is based on the recent thesis of Beligan, in which he generalizes the classical plactic structure on words to chains in certain intervals in k-Bruhat order. Potential applications of our work include the generalization of the S3-symmetric Littlewood-Richardson rule due to Thomas and Yong, which is based on Fomin's growth diagrams.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)842-856
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A
Volume117
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2010

Keywords

  • Flag variety
  • Growth diagram
  • Jeu de taquin
  • K-Bruhat order
  • Littlewood-Richardson rule
  • Plactic relation
  • Schubert calculus

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