Pith. sign in

REVIEW 8 cited by

Hopf Algebras in Combinatorics

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 1409.8356 v7 pith:WTJZDK6D submitted 2014-09-30 math.CO math.RA

Hopf Algebras in Combinatorics

classification math.CO math.RA
keywords hopfalgebraalgebrassymmetricnotestheorycombinatoricsfunctions
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal T4 reserved
0 comments
read the original abstract

These notes -- originating from a one-semester class by their second author at the University of Minnesota -- survey some of the most important Hopf algebras appearing in combinatorics. After introducing coalgebras, bialgebras and Hopf algebras in general, we study the Hopf algebra of symmetric functions, including Zelevinsky's axiomatic characterization of it as a "positive self-adjoint Hopf algebra" and its application to the representation theory of symmetric and (briefly) finite general linear groups. The notes then continue with the quasisymmetric and the noncommutative symmetric functions, some Hopf algebras formed from graphs, posets and matroids, and the Malvenuto-Reutenauer Hopf algebra of permutations. Among the results surveyed are the Littlewood-Richardson rule and other symmetric function identities, Zelevinsky's structure theorem for PSHs, the antipode formula for P-partition enumerators, the Aguiar-Bergeron-Sottile universal property of QSym, the theory of Lyndon words, the Gessel-Reutenauer bijection, and Hazewinkel's polynomial freeness of QSym. The notes are written with a graduate student reader in mind, being mostly self-contained but requiring a good familiarity with multilinear algebra and -- for the representation-theory applications -- basic group representation theory.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 8 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. The Goncharov Lie coalgebra of a field

    math.KT 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    Introduces Goncharov Lie coalgebra from GL homology and uses it with spectral sequences to describe rational K-theory of fields via weight-3 polylogarithms beyond prior low-degree cases.

  2. On the quasisymmetric functions in superspace

    math.CO 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    Quasisymmetric functions in superspace are invariants under a group action; the noncommuting superspace analogue is a Hopf superalgebra with explicit bases, superpermutations, and a derived product formula via abelianization.

  3. A Pardon Algebra for Zero-cycles

    math.AG 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    An analogous Pardon homology algebra is defined for zero-cycles in d-folds, supplying a new perspective on point-counting enumerative problems including the degree-zero MNOP conjecture.

  4. The Antipodes of $q$-Quasi-Symmetric Functions and Non-Commutative Quasi-Symmetric Functions

    math.CO 2026-07 accept novelty 6.5

    Explicit antipode formulas are proved for commutative and non-commutative q-quasi-symmetric functions, plus a partial antipode on a new fundamental basis of NCQSym, via a cancelation argument that recovers the classic...

  5. A Boundary--Residue Incidence Coalgebra for Associahedral Scattering Forms

    math-ph 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Introduces a boundary-residue incidence coalgebra on associahedral face posets that records nested factorization channels in planar scalar amplitudes and extends the idea to loop-level positive geometries.

  6. A geometric and generating function approach to plethysm

    math.CO 2025-11 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    A bivariate generating function for plethysm coefficients with bounded length(λ) is rational; for length 2 an explicit geometric algorithm exists via q-Ehrhart theory, plus linear recursions for the SL2 case.

  7. A formula for the Jack super nabla operator

    math.CO 2025-09 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    A differential expression is established for the Jack analog of the super nabla operator via Chapuy-Dołęga and dehomogenized Nazarov-Sklyanin operators, derived from a general structure-coefficient operator G.

  8. Hopf algebra structure of symmetric and quasisymmetric functions in superspace

    math.CO 2019-07 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Symmetric functions in superspace form a cocommutative self-dual Hopf algebra; quasisymmetric functions in superspace form a Hopf algebra whose monomial basis has an explicit dual multiplicative basis in the noncommut...