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Dissertation
Quantum and affine Schubert calculus and Macdonald polynomials
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
May 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-4536
Abstract
This thesis is on the theory of symmetric functions and quantum and affine Schubert calculus. Namely, it establishes that the theory of symmetric Macdonald polynomials aligns with quantum and affine Schubert calculus using a discovery that distinguished weak chains can be identified by chains in the strong (Bruhat) order poset on the type-A affine Weyl group. Through this discovery, there is a construction of two one-parameter families of functions that respectively transition positively with Hall-Littlewood polynomials and Macdonald's P-functions. Furthermore, these functions specialize to the representatives for Schubert classes of homology and cohomology of the affine Grassmannian. This shows that the theory of symmetric Macdonald polynomials connects with affine Schubert calculus. There is a generalization of the discovery of the strong order chains. This generalization connects the theory of Macdonald polynomials to quantum Schubert calculus. In particular, the approach leads to conjecture that all elements in a defining set of 3-point genus 0 Gromov-Witten invariants for flag manifolds can be formulated as strong covers.
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- Title
- Quantum and affine Schubert calculus and Macdonald polynomials
- Creators
- Avinash J. Dalal - DU
- Contributors
- Jennifer Morse (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel University; Mathematics
- Other Identifier
- 4536; 991014632282604721