Products of Closed k-Schur Katalan Functions
Year: 2025
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Following applications of Catalan functions to resolve conjectures about k-Schur functions, which are Schubert homology representatives of the affine Grassmannian, the K-theoretic Catalan functions (or Katalan functions) have offered a rich combinatorial structure with connections to the K-homology K∗(Gr), Hopf isomorphic to Λ(k). We prove a multiplication rule for the closed k-Schur Katalan functions conjectured to be equivalent to a cancellation-free product that matches Lenart and Maeno’s Monk rule for quantum Grothendieck polynomials under a K-theoretic ana- logue of the Peterson isomorphism. Our methods include root expansions of the k-Schur root ideal, the combinatorics of covers, and the relationship between the two. We conclude with an involution that proves the equivalence of certain Katalan functions; we offer progress alongside this result which could establish the cancellation-free conjecture.
Source: Libra
DOI: 10.18130/j6w0-7065
Author: Mojdeh Feller
Institution: University of Virginia
Language: English
Subfield: Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6925442136
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