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Kazhdan–Lusztig and R-polynomials, Young’s lattice, and Dyck partitions

Francesco Brenti

Vol. 207 (2002), No. 2, 257–286
Abstract

We give explicit combinatorial product formulas for the maximal parabolic Kazhdan-Lusztig and R-polynomials of the symmetric group. These formulas imply that these polynomials are combinatorial invariants, and that the Kazhdan-Lusztig ones are nonnegative. The combinatorial formulas are most naturally stated in terms of Young’s lattice, and the one for the Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials depends on a new class of skew partitions which are closely related to Dyck paths.

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Published: 1 December 2002
Authors
Francesco Brenti
Dipartimento di Matematica
Universitá di Roma “Tor Vergata”
Via della Ricerca Scientifica
00133 Roma, Italy