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In this paper we study Grothendieck polynomials indexed by Grassmannian permutations, which are representatives for the classes corresponding to the structure sheaves of Schubert varieties in the K-theory of Grassmannians. These Grothendieck polynomials are nonhomogeneous symmetric polynomials whose lowest homogeneous component is a Schur polynomial. Our treatment, which is closely related to the theory of Schur functions, gives new information about these polynomials. Our main results are concerned with the transition matrices between Grothendieck polynomials indexed by Grassmannian permutations and Schur polynomials on the one hand and a Pieri formula for these Grothendieck polynomials on the other.
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Received October 12, 1998
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Lenart, C. Combinatorial Aspects of the K-Theory of Grassmannians. Annals of Combinatorics 4, 67–82 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001276
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001276