2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/153613We give a short proof of the inner product conjecture for the symmetric Macdonald polynomials of type $A_{n-1}$. As a special case, the corresponding constant term conjecture is also proved.6 pages, AMS-LaTeX, no figuresQuantum AlgebraA new derivation of the inner product formula for the Macdonald symmetric polynomialstext