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Commutative Properties of Schubert Puzzles with Convex Polygonal Boundary Shapes

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Anderson_cornellgrad_0058F_14956.pdf (772.84 KB)
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https://doi.org/10.7298/41yw-1k42
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/117527
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Author
Anderson, Portia
Abstract

We generalize classical triangular Schubert puzzles to puzzles with convex polygonal boundary. We give these puzzles a geometric Schubert calculus interpretation and derive novel combinatorial commutativity statements, using purely geometric arguments, for puzzles with four, five, and six sides, having various types of symmetry in their boundary conditions. We provide alternate combinatorial proofs as well. We also present formulas for the associated structure constants in terms of Littlewood-Richardson numbers, and we prove an analogue of commutativity for parallelogram-shaped equivariant puzzles. We discuss further extensions of the results to puzzles that perform computations in other cohomology theories, such as K-theory, and 2-step and 3-step puzzles.

Description
126 pages
Date Issued
2025-05
Keywords
Cohomology
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Grassmannian
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Schubert calculus
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Schubert puzzle
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Schubert variety
Committee Chair
Knutson, Allen
Committee Member
Stillman, Michael
Riley, Tara
Degree Discipline
Mathematics
Degree Name
Ph. D., Mathematics
Degree Level
Doctor of Philosophy
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/16938443

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