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Record W4412881833 · doi:10.1007/s00029-025-01048-3

q-Whittaker functions, finite fields, and Jordan forms

2025· article· lv· W4412881833 on OpenAlexafffund
Steven N. Karp, Hugh Thomas

Bibliographic record

VenueSelecta Mathematica · 2025
Typearticle
Languagelv
FieldMathematics
TopicAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models
Canadian institutionsUniversité du Québec à Montréal
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCanada Research Chairs
KeywordsMathematicsField (mathematics)Algebra over a fieldPure mathematics

Abstract

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Abstract The q-Whittaker function $$W_\lambda (\textbf{x};q)$$ W λ ( x ; q ) associated to a partition $$\lambda $$ λ is a q-analogue of the Schur function $$s_\lambda (\textbf{x})$$ s λ ( x ) , and is defined as the $$t=0$$ t = 0 specialization of the Macdonald polynomial $$P_\lambda (\textbf{x};q,t)$$ P λ ( x ; q , t ) . We show combinatorially how to expand $$W_\lambda (\textbf{x};q)$$ W λ ( x ; q ) in terms of partial flags compatible with a nilpotent endomorphism over the finite field of size 1/q. This yields an expression analogous to a well-known formula for the Hall–Littlewood functions. We show that considering pairs of partial flags and taking Jordan forms leads to a probabilistic bijection between nonnegative-integer matrices and pairs of semistandard tableaux of the same shape, proving the Cauchy identity for q-Whittaker functions. We call our probabilistic bijection the q-Burge correspondence, and prove that in the limit as $$q\rightarrow 0$$ q → 0 , we recover a description of the classical Burge correspondence (also known as column RSK) due to Rosso (2012). A key step in the proof is the enumeration of an arbitrary double coset of $$\text {GL}_n$$ GL n modulo two parabolic subgroups, which we find to be of independent interest. As an application, we use the q-Burge correspondence to count isomorphism classes of certain modules over the preprojective algebra of a type A quiver (i.e. a path), refined according to their socle filtrations. This develops a connection between the combinatorics of symmetric functions and the representation theory of preprojective algebras.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.004
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.019
Threshold uncertainty score0.064

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.004
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0020.002
Science and technology studies0.0020.005
Scholarly communication0.0030.005
Open science0.0010.002
Research integrity0.0010.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0190.004

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.014
GPT teacher head0.260
Teacher spread0.247 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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