Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar - Oliver Pechenik

Title: What is the degree of a Grothendieck polynomial?

Abstract:

Jenna Rajchgot observed that the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of matrix Schubert varieties is computed by the degrees of the corresponding Grothendieck polynomials. We give a formula for these degrees. Indeed, we compute the leading terms of the top degree pieces of Grothendieck polynomials and give a complete description of when two Grothendieck polynomials have the same top degree piece (up to scalars). Our formulas rely on some new facts about major index of permutations. (Joint work with David Speyer and Anna Weigandt.)