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ISSN 0925-9899 (print) • ISSN 1572-9192 (electronic)
 

A generalization of Kawanaka's identity for Hall-Littlewood polynomials and applications

Masao Ishikawa1 , Frédéric Jouhet2 and Jiang Zeng2
1Faculty of Education Tottori University Department of Mathematics Tottori 680-8551 Japan Tottori 680-8551 Japan
2Université Claude Bernard (Lyon I) 43 Institut Camille Jordan bd du 11 Novembre 1918 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex France bd du 11 Novembre 1918 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex France

DOI: 10.1007/s10801-006-8350-1

Abstract

An infinite summation formula of Hall-Littlewood polynomials due to Kawanaka is generalized to a finite summation formula, which implies, in particular, twelve more multiple q-identities of Rogers-Ramanujan type than those previously found by Stembridge and the last two authors.

Pages: 395–412

Keywords: keywords symmetric functions; Hall-Littlewood polynomials; $Q$-series; Rogers-Ramanujan type identities

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