Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar - Angèle Hamel

Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Title: Identities for ninth variation Schur Q-functions

Speaker: Angèle Hamel
Affiliation: Wilfrid Laurier University
Zoom: Contact Stephen Melczer

Abstract:

Recently Okada defined algebraically ninth variation skew Q-functions, in parallel to Macdonald's ninth variation skew Schur functions. Here we introduce a skew shifted tableaux definition of these ninth variation skew Q-functions, and prove by means of a non-intersecting lattice path model a Pfaffian outside decomposition result in the form of a ninth variation version of Hamel's Pfaffian outside decomposition identity. As corollaries to this we derive Pfaffian identities generalizing those of Josefiak-Pragacz, Nimmo, and most recently Okada. This is joint work with Ron King.