Determinant identities and a generalization of the number of totally symmetric self-complementary plane partitions

dc.creatorKrattenthaler, Christian
dc.date1997-11-26
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dc.descriptionWe prove a constant term conjecture of Robbins and Zeilberger (J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 66 (1994), 17-27), by translating the problem into a determinant evaluation problem and evaluating the determinant. This determinant generalizes the determinant that gives the number of all totally symmetric self-complementary plane partitions contained in a $(2n)\times(2n)\times(2n)$ box and that was used by Andrews (J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 66 (1994), 28-39) and Andrews and Burge (Pacific J. Math. 158 (1993), 1-14) to compute this number explicitly. The evaluation of the generalized determinant is independent of Andrews and Burge's computations, and therefore in particular constitutes a new solution to this famous enumeration problem. We also evaluate a related determinant, thus generalizing another determinant identity of Andrews and Burge (loc. cit.). By translating some of our determinant identities into constant term identities, we obtain several new constant term identities.
dc.description62 pages, AmS-TeX
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/9712202
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/9712202
dc.identifierElectron. J. Combin. 4 (No. 1) (1997), #R27
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/76388
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject05A15 05A17 15A15 33C20
dc.titleDeterminant identities and a generalization of the number of totally symmetric self-complementary plane partitions
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