Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Mathematics
Journal Title
Advances in Mathematics
Pub Date
2012
Volume
229
Issue
4
First Page
2310
Abstract
We identify two seemingly disparate structures: supercharacters, a useful way of doing Fourier analysis on the group of unipotent uppertriangular matrices with coefficients in a finite field, and the ring of symmetric functions in noncommuting variables. Each is a Hopf algebra and the two are isomorphic as such. This allows developments in each to be transferred. The identification suggests a rich class of examples for the emerging field of combinatorial Hopf algebras. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Recommended Citation
Aguiar, M., André, C., Benedetti, C., Bergeron, N., Chen, Z., Diaconis, P., ... & Johnson, K. (2012). Supercharacters, symmetric functions in noncommuting variables, and related Hopf algebras. Advances in Mathematics, 229(4), 2310-2337.
DOI
10.1016/j.aim.2011.12.024
