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==A Numerology Problem==
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==A Second Look==
  
'''Question.''' Can you find nice formulas for the functions <math>f_{12}</math> and <math>f_{21}</math> of the variables <math>t_1</math>, <math>t_2</math> and <math>x</math>, whose Taylor expansions are
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We'll take a second look at [[06-1350/Class Notes for Tuesday October 24]].
  
<math>f_{12}=x+\frac{x t_2}{3}-\frac{x t_1}{3}</math>
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==A Numerology Problem==
:<math>-\frac{1}{5} t_1 x^3+\frac{t_2 x^3}{5}+\frac{t_1^3 x}{45}-\frac{t_2^3
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  x}{45}+\frac{1}{15} t_1 t_2^2 x-\frac{1}{15} t_1^2 t_2 x</math>
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:<math>-\frac{1}{7} t_1 x^5+\frac{t_2 x^5}{7}+\frac{11}{315} t_1^3
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  x^3-\frac{11}{315} t_2^3 x^3+\frac{11}{105} t_1 t_2^2 x^3-\frac{11}{105} t_1^2 t_2 x^3</math>
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::<math>-\frac{2 t_1^5 x}{945}+\frac{2 t_2^5
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  x}{945}-\frac{2}{189} t_1 t_2^4 x+\frac{4}{189} t_1^2 t_2^3 x-\frac{4}{189} t_1^3 t_2^2 x+\frac{2}{189} t_1^4 t_2
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  x</math>
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:<math>-\frac{1}{9} t_1 x^7+\frac{t_2 x^7}{9}+\frac{598 t_1^3 x^5}{14175}-\frac{598 t_2^3 x^5}{14175}+\frac{1619 t_1 t_2^2
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  x^5}{14175}-\frac{1619 t_1^2 t_2 x^5}{14175}</math>
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::<math>-\frac{74 t_1^5 x^3}{14175}+\frac{74 t_2^5 x^3}{14175}-\frac{74 t_1 t_2^4
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  x^3}{2835}+\frac{148 t_1^2 t_2^3 x^3}{2835}-\frac{148 t_1^3 t_2^2 x^3}{2835}+\frac{74 t_1^4 t_2 x^3}{2835}</math>
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::<math>+\frac{t_1^7
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  x}{4725}-\frac{t_2^7 x}{4725}+\frac{1}{675} t_1 t_2^6 x-\frac{1}{225} t_1^2 t_2^5 x+\frac{1}{135} t_1^3 t_2^4 x-\frac{1}{135}
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  t_1^4 t_2^3 x+\frac{1}{225} t_1^5 t_2^2 x-\frac{1}{675} t_1^6 t_2 x</math>
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and
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<math>f_{21}=1+\frac{1}{9} x^2 t_1 t_2-\frac{1}{9} x^2 t_1^2 -\frac{13}{135} t_1^2 x^4+\frac{13}{135} t_1 t_2 x^4+\frac{2}{135}
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  t_1^4 x^2+\frac{2}{45} t_1^2 t_2^2 x^2-\frac{8}{135} t_1^3 t_2 x^2</math>
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:<math>-\frac{1147 t_1^2 x^6}{14175}+\frac{1147 t_1 t_2
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  x^6}{14175}+\frac{13}{525} t_1^4 x^4+\frac{878 t_1^2 t_2^2 x^4}{14175}-\frac{1229 t_1^3 t_2 x^4}{14175}-\frac{1}{525} t_1^6
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  x^2+\frac{2}{105} t_1^3 t_2^3 x^2-\frac{1}{35} t_1^4 t_2^2 x^2+\frac{2}{175} t_1^5 t_2 x^2</math>?
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==A HOMFLY Braidor==
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===The Algebra===
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Let <math>A^0_n=\langle S_n, x, t_1,\ldots t_n\rangle</math> be the free associative (but non-commutative) algebra generated by the elements of the symmetric group <math>S_n</math> on <math>\{1,\ldots,n\}</math> and by formal variables <math>x</math> and <math>t_1\ldots t_n</math>, and let <math>A^1_n</math> be the quotient of <math>A^0_n</math> by the following "HOMFLY" relations:
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# <math>x</math> commutes with everything else.
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# The product of permutations is as in the symmetric group <math>S_n</math>.
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# If <math>\sigma</math> is a permutation then <math>t_i\sigma=\sigma t_{\sigma i}</math>.
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# <math>[t_i,t_j]=x\sigma_{ij}(t_i-t_j)</math>, where <math>\sigma_{ij}</math> is the transposition of <math>i</math> and <math>j</math>.
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Finally, declare that <math>\deg x=\deg t_i=1</math> while <math>\deg\sigma=0</math> for every <math>1\leq i\leq n</math> and every <math>\sigma\in S_n</math>, and let <math>A_n</math> be the graded completion of <math>A^1_n</math>.
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We say that an element of <math>A_n</math> is "sorted" if it is written in the form <math>x^k\cdot\sigma t_1^{k_1}t_2^{k_2}\cdots t_n^{k_n}</math> where <math>\sigma</math> is a permutation and <math>k</math> and the <math>k_i</math>'s are all non-negative integer. The HOMFLY relations imply that every element of <math>A_n</math> is a linear combinations of sorted elements. Thus as a vector space, <math>A_n</math> can be identified with the ring <math>B_n</math> of power series in the variables <math>x,t_1,\ldots,t_n</math> tensored with the group ring of <math>S_n</math>. The product of <math>A_n</math> is of course very different than that of <math>B_n</math>.
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'''Examples.'''
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# The general element of <math>A_1</math> is <math>(1)f(x,t_1)</math> where <math>(1)</math> denotes the identity permutation and <math>f(x,t_1)</math> is a power series in two variables <math>x</math> and <math>t_1</math>. <math>A_1</math> is commutative.
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# The general element of <math>A_2</math> is <math>(12)f(x,t_1,t_2)+(21)g(x,t_1,t_2)</math> where <math>f</math> and <math>g</math> are power series in three variables and <math>(12)</math> and <math>(21)</math> are the two elements of <math>S_2</math>. <math>A_2</math> is not commutative and its product is non-trivial to describe.
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# The general element of <math>A_3</math> is described using <math>3!=6</math> power series in 4 variables. The general element of <math>A_n</math> is described using n! power series in <math>n+1</math> variables.
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The algebra <math>A_n</math> embeds in <math>A_{n+1}</math> in a trivial way by regarding <math>\{1,\ldots,n\}</math> as a subset of <math>\{1,\ldots,n+1\}</math> in the obvious manner; thus when given an element of <math>A_n</math> we are free to think of it also as an element of <math>A_{n+1}</math>. There is also a non-trivial map <math>\Delta:A_n\to A_{n+1}</math> defined as follows:
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# <math>\Delta(x)=x</math>.
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# <math>\Delta(t_i)=t_{i+1}+x\sigma_{1,i+1}</math>.
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# <math>\Delta</math> acts on permutations by "shifting them one unit to the right", i.e., by identifying <math>\{1,\ldots,n\}</math> with <math>\{2,\ldots,n+1\}\subset\{1,\ldots,n+1\}</math>.
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===The Equations===
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We seek to find a "braidor"; an element <math>B</math> of <math>A_2</math> satisfying:
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* <math>B=(21)+x(12)+</math>(higher order terms).
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* <math>B(\Delta B)B=(\Delta B)B(\Delta B)</math> in <math>A_3</math>.
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With the vector space identification of <math>A_n</math> with <math>B_n</math> in mind, we are seeking two power series of three variables each, whose low order behaviour is specified and which are required to satisfy 6 functional equations written in terms of 4 variables.
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===The Equations in Functional Form===
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===A Solution===
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===Computer Games===
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A primitive mathematica program to play with these objects is [http://katlas.math.toronto.edu/svn/06-1350/ComputingTheJonesPolynomial.nb here].
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We briefly mentioned a numerology problem from {{Dror}}'s [[paperlet]] [[The HOMFLY Braidor Algebra]]. More about it will come later.

Latest revision as of 13:32, 26 January 2007

A Second Look

We'll take a second look at 06-1350/Class Notes for Tuesday October 24.

A Numerology Problem

We briefly mentioned a numerology problem from Dror's paperlet The HOMFLY Braidor Algebra. More about it will come later.