Affine Stanley symmetric functions for classical types

We introduce affine Stanley symmetric functions for the special orthogonal groups, a class of symmetric functions that model the cohomology of the affine Grassmannian, continuing the work of Lam and Lam, Schilling, and Shimozono on the special linear and symplectic groups, respectively. For the odd orthogonal groups, a Hopf-algebra isomorphism is given, identifying (co)homology Schubert classes with symmetric functions. For the even orthogonal groups, we conjecture an approximate model of (co)homology via symmetric functions. In the process, we develop type B and type D non-commutative k-Schur functions as elements of the affine nilCoxeter algebra that model homology of the affine Grassmannian. Additionally, Pieri rules for multiplication by special Schubert classes in homology are given in both cases. Finally, we present a type-free interpretation of Pieri factors, used in the definition of noncommutative k-Schur functions or affine Stanley symmetric functions for any classical type.     

A note on canonical functions

We construct a generic extension in which the ℵ₂nd canonical function on ℵ₁ exists. Supported by NSF and by a Fulbright grant. Publ. 378. Partially supported by the B.S.F.     

A product expansion for the discriminant function of Drinfeld modules of rank two

A formula expressing the Drinfeld discriminant as a product of cyclotomic polynomials is proved.     

两类对称函数的Schur凸性

本文用一种新方法研究两类对称函数的Schur凸性.首先,对x=(x1,...,xn)∈(-∞,1)n∪(1,+∞)n和r∈{1,2,...,n},讨论Guan(2007)定义的对称函数Fn(x,r)=Fn(x1,x2,...,xn;r)=∑1≤i1≤i2≤···≤ir≤n r∏j=1xij/(1-xij)的Schur凸性,其中i1,i2,...,in为正整数;推广褚玉明等人(2009)的主要结果,因而用新方法推广并解决Guan(2007)提出的一个公开问题.然后,对x=(x1,...,xn)∈(-∞,1)n∪(1,+∞)n和r∈{1,2,...,n},研究本文定义的对称函数Gn(x,r)=Gn(x1,x2,...,xn;r)=∑1≤i1≤i2≤···≤ir≤n(r∏j=1xij/(1-xij))1/r的Schur凸性、Schur乘性凸性和Schur调和凸性,其中i1,i2,...,in为正整数.作为应用,用Schur凸函数自变量的双射变换得到其他几类对称函数的Schur凸性,用控制理论建立一些不等式,特别地,由此给出Sharpiro不等式和Ky Fan不等式一个共同的推广,导出Safta猜想在高维空间的推广.     

Symmetric sum and symmetric product of two independent random variables

The symmetry of the sum and product of two independent random variablesX andY, whenX orY is not symmetric, is studied.     

A product decomposition of infinite symmetric groups

We prove that for any infinite , the full symmetric group is the product of at most abelian subgroups. This is a strengthening of a recent result of M. Abért.

     

SOCP reformulation for the generalized trust region subproblem via a canonical form of two symmetric matrices

Mathematical Programming - We investigate in this paper the generalized trust region subproblem (GTRS) of minimizing a general quadratic objective function subject to a general quadratic inequality...     

A new inequality for symmetric functions

Let x_i ≥ 0, y_i ≥ 0 for i = 1,…, n; and let a_j(x) be the elementary symmetric function of n variables given by a_j(x) = ∑_{1 ≤ ii < … <ij ≤ n}x_ii … x_ij. Define the partical ordering x <y if a_j(x) ≤ a_j(y), j = 1,… n. We show that $\text{x}\text{\$}\text{?}\text{y ? x}{}^{\mathrm{\alpha }}\text{\$}\text{?}\text{y}{}^{\mathrm{\alpha }}\text{, 0}\text{\$}\text{?}\text{α ≤ 1}$, where {x^α}_i = x^α_i. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition on a function f(t) such that x <y ? f(x) <f(y). Both results depend crucially on the following: If x <y there exists a piecewise differentiable path z(t), with z_i(t) ≥ 0, such that z(0) = x, z(1) = y, and z(s) <z(t) if 0 ≤ s ≤ t ≤ 1.     

A combinatorial outlook on symmetric functions

We establish a combinatorial interpretation for various operations on symmetric functions, such as plethysm, scalar product, and derivation. Thus we obtain proofs of formulas involving symmetric functions in term of combinatorial constructions on permutations.     

A note on the weighted log canonical thresholds of plurisubharmonic functions

In this note, we give a characterization for the weighted log canonical thresholds of plurisubharmonic functions. As an application, we prove an inequality for weighted log canonical thresholds and Monge–Ampère masses.