Speaker : 류미수


Title : Macdonald polynomials and related combinatorics


Abstract : In 1988, Macdonald introduced a family of symmetric functions, called Macdonald polynomials, indexed by partitions and depending on two parameters $q$ and $t$. Ever since the introduction of the polynomials, they have been intensively studied as they can be specialized to most of the previously known symmetric function families. Moreover, Macdonald polynomials arise in various areas of mathematics such as algebraic geometry, representation theory and commutative algebra. In the first part of this talk, we will consider combinatorics related to Macdonald polynomials and the diagonal harmonics. In the second part, we will consider the LLT polynomials and related combinatorics. We will also see why knowing the combinatorics of LLT polynomials is important in studying Macdonald polynomials.