NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
 
Geometry-Algebra-Singularities-Combinatorics 
Seminar
 
 
MacDonald polynomials and a vector bundle on the Hilbert scheme 
 
 

Carol Chang

(Northeastern University)
 
 

Northeastern University

509 Lake Hall

1:30 p.m., Monday, November 23, 1998

 
 
Abstract:  The focus of this talk will be on algebraic vector bundles over Pn and their applications to the Garsia-Haiman representation theoretic model of the Macdonald two-parameter symmetric polynomials. The Garsia-Haiman interpretation involves a certain bigraded Sn-module, Hm, indexed by partitions m of n. They conjecture that the dimension of this module is n!.

Using an inductive approach to the dimension conjecture, Bergeron and Garsia consider the relationship between the module Hm, for m a partitions of n+ 1, and certain predecessor modules, Hmi, for mi a partition of n contained in m. Bergeron and Garsia formulate conjectures regarding the sums and intersections of these spaces.

We will give a geometric interpretation of the work of Bergeron and Garsia. We reinterpret their work within the context of a vector bundle over the Hilbert scheme of n points in the plane. We will also discuss a general result concerning the decomposition of vector bundles over Pn into well-known indecomposable bundles. Using these general results, we will apply them to the context of the Garsia-Haiman modules. 

 
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