Stavros Kousidis
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A Closed Character Formula for Symmetric Powers of Irreducible Representations
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Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science,
January 1, 2010,
DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN, 22nd International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2010)
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https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.2811
A Closed Character Formula for Symmetric Powers of Irreducible RepresentationsConference paper
Authors: Stavros Kousidis 1
0000-0002-6947-4963
Stavros Kousidis
1 Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
We prove a closed character formula for the symmetric powers $S^N V(λ )$ of a fixed irreducible representation $V(λ )$ of a complex semi-simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ by means of partial fraction decomposition. The formula involves rational functions in rank of $\mathfrak{g}$ many variables which are easier to determine than the weight multiplicities of $S^N V(λ )$ themselves. We compute those rational functions in some interesting cases. Furthermore, we introduce a residue-type generating function for the weight multiplicities of $S^N V(λ )$ and explain the connections between our character formula, vector partition functions and iterated partial fraction decomposition.