Thursday, September 20, 4:10-5:00pm
3866 EH
Kelli Talaska (UM)
Young Tableaux and the Littlewood-Richardson Rule

Using Young tableaux and jeu de taquin, we will give a combinatorial characterization of the Littlewood-Richardson coefficients found in representation theory and algebraic geometry. We will look at some concrete examples, and if time permits, we will discuss other combinatorial descriptions and/or variations of the Littlewood-Richardson Rule.