UW Combinatorics Seminar

Quasisymmetric functions and the combinatorics of Macdonald polynomials

Jim Haglund

University of Pennsylvania

April 30, 4:00pm
Padelford C-401

refreshments at 3:30pm
Pre-Seminar at 2:30pm in Padelford C-401

ABSTRACT 

We give an overview of the theory of Macdonald polynomials, focusing on the combinatorial constructions which have arisen in the last few years, where quasisymmetric functions and permutation statistics play an important role.


Speaker's Contact Info: http://www.math.upenn.edu/~jhaglund/


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