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Plane partitions (III): The weak Macdonald conjecture

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Dedicated to the memory of Alfred Young and F.J.W. Whipple

Partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant MCS 75-19162

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Andrews, G.E. Plane partitions (III): The weak Macdonald conjecture. Invent Math 53, 193–225 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01389763

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