Alexander Stasinski, Christopher Voll
Published 2013-03-05Version 1
We introduce a new statistic on the hyperoctahedral groups (Coxeter groups of type B), and give a conjectural formula for its signed distributions over arbitrary descent classes. The statistic is analogous to the classical Coxeter length function, and features a parity condition. For descent classes which are singletons the conjectured formula gives the Poincar\'e polynomials of the varieties of symmetric matrices of fixed rank. For several descent classes we prove the conjectural formula. For this we construct suitable "supporting sets" for the relevant generating functions. We prove cancellations on the complements of these supporting sets using suitably defined sign reversing involutions.
Signed Graphs and Signed Cycles of Hyperoctahedral Groups
Derangements and Euler's difference table for $C_\ell\wr S_n$
Sign-twisted generating functions of odd length over any parabolic quotients of the even hyperoctahedral groups
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