Department of Mathematics

Colloquium

  •  Aver St. Dizier, University of Illinois
  •  A Polytopal View of Schubert Polynomials
  •  01/11/2023
  •  4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
  •  C304 Wells Hall (Virtual Meeting Link)
  •  Sabrina M Walton (waltons3@msu.edu)

Schubert polynomials are a family of multivariable polynomials whose product can be used to solve problems in enumerative geometry. Despite their many known combinatorial formulas, there remain mysteries surrounding these polynomials. I will describe Schubert (and the special case of Schur) polynomials with a focus on polytopes. From this perspective, I will address questions such as vanishing of Schubert coefficients, relative size of coefficients, and interesting properties of their support. Time permitting, I'll talk about my current work on generalizing the Gelfand–Tsetlin polytope, and its connections with representation theory and Bott–Samelson varieties.

 

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