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Permutation Statistics on the Alternating Group
Let denote the alternating and the symmetric groups on
. MacMahaon's theorem, about the equi-distribution of the length and
the major indices in , has received far reaching refinements and
generalizations, by Foata, Carlitz, Foata-Schutzenberger, Garsia-Gessel and
followers. Our main goal is to find analogous statistics and identities for the
alternating group . A new statistic for , {\it the delent number},
is introduced. This new statistic is involved with new equi-distribution
identities, refining some of the results of Foata-Schutzenberger and
Garsia-Gessel. By a certain covering map , such
identities are `lifted' to , yielding the corresponding
equi-distribution identities.Comment: 45 page
On the group of alternating colored permutations
The group of alternating colored permutations is the natural analogue of the
classical alternating group, inside the wreath product .
We present a 'Coxeter-like' presentation for this group and compute the length
function with respect to that presentation. Then, we present this group as a
covering of and use this point of view to
give another expression for the length function. We also use this covering to
lift several known parameters of to the
group of alternating colored permutations.Comment: 29 pages, one figure; submitte
The partially alternating ternary sum in an associative dialgebra
The alternating ternary sum in an associative algebra, , gives rise to the partially alternating ternary sum in an
associative dialgebra with products and by making the
argument the center of each term: . We use computer algebra to determine the polynomial identities in
degree satisfied by this new trilinear operation. In degrees 3 and 5 we
obtain and ; these identities define a new variety of partially alternating ternary
algebras. We show that there is a 49-dimensional space of multilinear
identities in degree 7, and we find equivalent nonlinear identities. We use the
representation theory of the symmetric group to show that there are no new
identities in degree 9.Comment: 14 page
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