2025/06/06 by Dali, Houcine Ben, Bonzom, Valentin, Dołęga, Maciej
#Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Quantum Algebra (math.QA) #Representation Theory (math.RT)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2506.06036
We construct a new class of operators that act on symmetric functions with two deformation parameters q and t. Our combinatorial construction associates each operator with a specific lattice path, whose steps alternate between moving up and down. We demonstrate that positive linear combinations of these operators are the images of Negut elements via a representation of the shuffle algebra acting on the space of symmetric functions. Additionally, we provide a monomial, elementary, and Schur symmetric function expansion for the symmetric function obtained through repeated applications of the path operators on 1. We apply path operators to investigate a (q,t)-deformation of the classical hypergeometric tau functions, which generalizes several important series already present in enumerative geometry, gauge theory, and integrability. We prove that this function is uniquely characterized by a family of partial differential equations derived from a positive linear combination of path operators. We also use our operators to offer a new, independent proof of the key result in establishing the extended delta conjecture of Haglund, Remmel, and Wilson.