A poset view of the major index

Richard Ehrenborg; Margaret Readdy

doi:10.1016/j.aam.2014.09.005

A poset view of the major index

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Abstract

We introduce the Major MacMahon map from ℤ<a, b> to Z[q], and show how this map interacts with the pyramid and bipyramid operators. When the Major MacMahon map is applied to the ab-index of a simplicial poset, it yields the q-analogue of n! times the h-polynomial of the poset. Applying the map to the Boolean algebra gives the distribution of the major index on the symmetric group, a seminal result due to MacMahon. Similarly, when applied to the cross-polytope we obtain the distribution of one of the major indexes on signed permutations due to Reiner.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Advances in Applied Mathematics
Volume	62
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aam.2014.09.005
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

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Funding

The authors thank the referee for his careful comments. The first author was partially supported by National Security Agency grant H98230-13-1-0280 . This work was partially supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (# 206001 to Margaret Readdy).

Funders	Funder number
Simons Foundation	206001
National Security Agency	H98230-13-1-0280

Keywords

Permutations and signed permutations
Principal specialization
Simplicial posets
The boolean algebra and the face lattice of a cross-polytope
The major index

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Applied Mathematics

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