Organizers: Chris Miller and Jeremy Meza
CCN:18819 Section 21
| Date and Time | Speaker | Subject | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, Sept. 1 | Chris Miller | Background on symmetric function theory | Macdonald I.1-8 |
| Thursday, Sept. 8 | Jeremy Meza | Introduction to Hall-Littlewood polynomials | Macdonald III.1-6; Haiman 3.4 |
| Thursday, Sept. 15 | Max Wimberley | Charge and the q-Kostka numbers | Macdonald III.6; Haiman 3.4; Butler 2 |
| Thursday, Sept. 22 | Maria Gillespie | q-Kostka polynomials and translates of Garnir polynomials | Garsia, Procesi; Bergeron, Garsia; Problems |
| Thursday, Sept. 29 | Federico Castillo | An introduction to Macdonald polynomials | Macdonald VI; Haiman 3.5 |
| Thursday, Oct. 6 | Chris Miller | A combinatorial formula for Macdonald polynomials | Haglund, Haiman, Loehr |
| Thursday, Oct. 13 | Jeremy Meza | Macdonald positivity and the n! and (n+1)^(n-1) conjectures | Haiman 4.1, 4.2; G&H; Geometry |
| Thursday, Oct. 20 | Benjamin Gammage | Connection to Hilbert Schemes I | Haiman Ch. 5 |
| Thursday, Oct. 27 | Oscar Kivinen | Connection to Hilbert Schemes II | Haiman Ch. 5 |
| Thursday, Nov. 3 | Mark Haiman | Operators on Macdonald Polynomials | |
| Thursday, Nov. 10 | Mark Haiman | Operators on Macdonald Polynomials | |
| Thursday, Nov. 17 | Mark Haiman | Operators on Macdonald Polynomials | |
| Monday, Dec. 5 | Monica Vazirani | TBA | This talk will be held at UC Davis |
This seminar is mostly identical to a previous seminar run by Maria Gillespie in 2013.