Two proofs of the $q,t$-symmetry of the generalized $q,t$-Catalan number $C_{(k_1,k_2,k_3)}(q,t)$

Guoce Xin, Yingrui Zhang

Published 2021-04-09Version 1

We give two proofs of the $q,t$-symmetry of the generalized $q,t$-Catalan number $C_{\vec{k}}(q,t)$ for $\vec{k}=(k_1,k_2,k_3)$. One is by MacMahon's partition analysis as we proposed; the other is by a direct bijection.