Is there an accessible exposition of Gelfand-Tsetlin theory?
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I'm hoping to start an undergraduate on a project that involves understanding a bit of Gelfand-Tsetlin theory, and have been tearing my hair out looking for a good reference for them to look at. Basically what I would want is something at the level of Vershik-Okounkov - A new approach to the representation theory of symmetric groups. 2 (or the book Ceccherini-Silberstein, Scarabotti, and Tolli - Representation theory of the symmetric groups based on it) but for finite dimensional representations of $mathrmGL_n$. I feel like such a book or at least some expository notes should exist, but I have had zero luck finding any.
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I'm hoping to start an undergraduate on a project that involves understanding a bit of Gelfand-Tsetlin theory, and have been tearing my hair out looking for a good reference for them to look at. Basically what I would want is something at the level of Vershik-Okounkov - A new approach to the representation theory of symmetric groups. 2 (or the book Ceccherini-Silberstein, Scarabotti, and Tolli - Representation theory of the symmetric groups based on it) but for finite dimensional representations of $mathrmGL_n$. I feel like such a book or at least some expository notes should exist, but I have had zero luck finding any.
reference-request co.combinatorics rt.representation-theory lie-algebras
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:59
LSpice
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asked Nov 14 '18 at 2:54
Ben Webster♦Ben Webster
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Perhaps such a reference doesn't exist, especially if you and Tim have both looked for it and not found it. If it did exist, it would probably be within the scope of the Graduate Journal of Mathematics, gradmath.org, which "publishes original work as well as expository work [that] helps make more widely accessible significant mathematical ideas, constructions or theorems." One option would be to have your student write up the sort of thing you're looking for and submit it to GJM. The website says "High quality senior theses will find GJM to be a great venue"
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– David White
Nov 14 '18 at 18:00
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How about the Allen's notes from when he taught Lie groups in 2001-2002? I remember there was one on Gelfand-Tsetlin (or Gelfand-Cetlin as Allen spelled it). Those notes aren't online anymore, but hopefully Allen still has a copy.
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– Joel Kamnitzer
Dec 8 '18 at 4:40
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@JoelKamnitzer I found some notes on Allen’s website, but they were not really the style I was looking for. In particular, they assumed a lot of familiarity with the WCF in a way that didn’t really match what I had in mind.
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– Ben Webster♦
Dec 11 '18 at 1:42
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I'm hoping to start an undergraduate on a project that involves understanding a bit of Gelfand-Tsetlin theory, and have been tearing my hair out looking for a good reference for them to look at. Basically what I would want is something at the level of Vershik-Okounkov - A new approach to the representation theory of symmetric groups. 2 (or the book Ceccherini-Silberstein, Scarabotti, and Tolli - Representation theory of the symmetric groups based on it) but for finite dimensional representations of $mathrmGL_n$. I feel like such a book or at least some expository notes should exist, but I have had zero luck finding any.
reference-request co.combinatorics rt.representation-theory lie-algebras
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:59
LSpice
2,90322628
asked Nov 14 '18 at 2:54
Ben Webster♦Ben Webster
32.8k993207
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I'm hoping to start an undergraduate on a project that involves understanding a bit of Gelfand-Tsetlin theory, and have been tearing my hair out looking for a good reference for them to look at. Basically what I would want is something at the level of Vershik-Okounkov - A new approach to the representation theory of symmetric groups. 2 (or the book Ceccherini-Silberstein, Scarabotti, and Tolli - Representation theory of the symmetric groups based on it) but for finite dimensional representations of $mathrmGL_n$. I feel like such a book or at least some expository notes should exist, but I have had zero luck finding any.
reference-request co.combinatorics rt.representation-theory lie-algebras
reference-request co.combinatorics rt.representation-theory lie-algebras
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:59
LSpice
2,90322628
asked Nov 14 '18 at 2:54
Ben Webster♦Ben Webster
32.8k993207
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:59
LSpice
2,90322628
asked Nov 14 '18 at 2:54
Ben Webster♦Ben Webster
32.8k993207
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:59
LSpice
2,90322628
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:59
LSpice
2,90322628
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:59
LSpice
2,90322628
2,90322628
asked Nov 14 '18 at 2:54
Ben Webster♦Ben Webster
32.8k993207
asked Nov 14 '18 at 2:54
Ben Webster♦Ben Webster
32.8k993207
asked Nov 14 '18 at 2:54
Ben Webster♦Ben Webster
32.8k993207
32.8k993207
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Perhaps such a reference doesn't exist, especially if you and Tim have both looked for it and not found it. If it did exist, it would probably be within the scope of the Graduate Journal of Mathematics, gradmath.org, which "publishes original work as well as expository work [that] helps make more widely accessible significant mathematical ideas, constructions or theorems." One option would be to have your student write up the sort of thing you're looking for and submit it to GJM. The website says "High quality senior theses will find GJM to be a great venue"
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– David White
Nov 14 '18 at 18:00
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How about the Allen's notes from when he taught Lie groups in 2001-2002? I remember there was one on Gelfand-Tsetlin (or Gelfand-Cetlin as Allen spelled it). Those notes aren't online anymore, but hopefully Allen still has a copy.
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– Joel Kamnitzer
Dec 8 '18 at 4:40
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@JoelKamnitzer I found some notes on Allen’s website, but they were not really the style I was looking for. In particular, they assumed a lot of familiarity with the WCF in a way that didn’t really match what I had in mind.
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– Ben Webster♦
Dec 11 '18 at 1:42
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Perhaps such a reference doesn't exist, especially if you and Tim have both looked for it and not found it. If it did exist, it would probably be within the scope of the Graduate Journal of Mathematics, gradmath.org, which "publishes original work as well as expository work [that] helps make more widely accessible significant mathematical ideas, constructions or theorems." One option would be to have your student write up the sort of thing you're looking for and submit it to GJM. The website says "High quality senior theses will find GJM to be a great venue"
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– David White
Nov 14 '18 at 18:00
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How about the Allen's notes from when he taught Lie groups in 2001-2002? I remember there was one on Gelfand-Tsetlin (or Gelfand-Cetlin as Allen spelled it). Those notes aren't online anymore, but hopefully Allen still has a copy.
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– Joel Kamnitzer
Dec 8 '18 at 4:40
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@JoelKamnitzer I found some notes on Allen’s website, but they were not really the style I was looking for. In particular, they assumed a lot of familiarity with the WCF in a way that didn’t really match what I had in mind.
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– Ben Webster♦
Dec 11 '18 at 1:42
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Perhaps such a reference doesn't exist, especially if you and Tim have both looked for it and not found it. If it did exist, it would probably be within the scope of the Graduate Journal of Mathematics, gradmath.org, which "publishes original work as well as expository work [that] helps make more widely accessible significant mathematical ideas, constructions or theorems." One option would be to have your student write up the sort of thing you're looking for and submit it to GJM. The website says "High quality senior theses will find GJM to be a great venue"
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– David White
Nov 14 '18 at 18:00
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Perhaps such a reference doesn't exist, especially if you and Tim have both looked for it and not found it. If it did exist, it would probably be within the scope of the Graduate Journal of Mathematics, gradmath.org, which "publishes original work as well as expository work [that] helps make more widely accessible significant mathematical ideas, constructions or theorems." One option would be to have your student write up the sort of thing you're looking for and submit it to GJM. The website says "High quality senior theses will find GJM to be a great venue"
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– David White
Nov 14 '18 at 18:00
$begingroup$
How about the Allen's notes from when he taught Lie groups in 2001-2002? I remember there was one on Gelfand-Tsetlin (or Gelfand-Cetlin as Allen spelled it). Those notes aren't online anymore, but hopefully Allen still has a copy.
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– Joel Kamnitzer
Dec 8 '18 at 4:40
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How about the Allen's notes from when he taught Lie groups in 2001-2002? I remember there was one on Gelfand-Tsetlin (or Gelfand-Cetlin as Allen spelled it). Those notes aren't online anymore, but hopefully Allen still has a copy.
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– Joel Kamnitzer
Dec 8 '18 at 4:40
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@JoelKamnitzer I found some notes on Allen’s website, but they were not really the style I was looking for. In particular, they assumed a lot of familiarity with the WCF in a way that didn’t really match what I had in mind.
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– Ben Webster♦
Dec 11 '18 at 1:42
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@JoelKamnitzer I found some notes on Allen’s website, but they were not really the style I was looking for. In particular, they assumed a lot of familiarity with the WCF in a way that didn’t really match what I had in mind.
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– Ben Webster♦
Dec 11 '18 at 1:42
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Good question. I've found this to be a difficult subject to get into myself. An abstract approach can seem arcane, but concrete constructions can be complicated and messy. You might try the paper Hersh and Lenart - Combinatorial construction of weight bases: The Gelfand–Tsetlin basis as a starting point. They take a concrete approach, which has the advantage that you can start computing with small examples relatively quickly. A disadvantage is that your student might miss the big picture of how all this fits into the general representation theory of classical Lie algebras. For that, perhaps the work of Molev, such as Molev - Gelfand–Tsetlin bases for classical Lie algebras, might be helpful.
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Good question. I've found this to be a difficult subject to get into myself. An abstract approach can seem arcane, but concrete constructions can be complicated and messy. You might try the paper Hersh and Lenart - Combinatorial construction of weight bases: The Gelfand–Tsetlin basis as a starting point. They take a concrete approach, which has the advantage that you can start computing with small examples relatively quickly. A disadvantage is that your student might miss the big picture of how all this fits into the general representation theory of classical Lie algebras. For that, perhaps the work of Molev, such as Molev - Gelfand–Tsetlin bases for classical Lie algebras, might be helpful.
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:58
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Good question. I've found this to be a difficult subject to get into myself. An abstract approach can seem arcane, but concrete constructions can be complicated and messy. You might try the paper Hersh and Lenart - Combinatorial construction of weight bases: The Gelfand–Tsetlin basis as a starting point. They take a concrete approach, which has the advantage that you can start computing with small examples relatively quickly. A disadvantage is that your student might miss the big picture of how all this fits into the general representation theory of classical Lie algebras. For that, perhaps the work of Molev, such as Molev - Gelfand–Tsetlin bases for classical Lie algebras, might be helpful.
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:58
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answered Nov 14 '18 at 4:40
Timothy ChowTimothy Chow
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Good question. I've found this to be a difficult subject to get into myself. An abstract approach can seem arcane, but concrete constructions can be complicated and messy. You might try the paper Hersh and Lenart - Combinatorial construction of weight bases: The Gelfand–Tsetlin basis as a starting point. They take a concrete approach, which has the advantage that you can start computing with small examples relatively quickly. A disadvantage is that your student might miss the big picture of how all this fits into the general representation theory of classical Lie algebras. For that, perhaps the work of Molev, such as Molev - Gelfand–Tsetlin bases for classical Lie algebras, might be helpful.
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:58
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answered Nov 14 '18 at 4:40
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Good question. I've found this to be a difficult subject to get into myself. An abstract approach can seem arcane, but concrete constructions can be complicated and messy. You might try the paper Hersh and Lenart - Combinatorial construction of weight bases: The Gelfand–Tsetlin basis as a starting point. They take a concrete approach, which has the advantage that you can start computing with small examples relatively quickly. A disadvantage is that your student might miss the big picture of how all this fits into the general representation theory of classical Lie algebras. For that, perhaps the work of Molev, such as Molev - Gelfand–Tsetlin bases for classical Lie algebras, might be helpful.
edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:58
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answered Nov 14 '18 at 4:40
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edited Nov 26 '18 at 15:58
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Perhaps such a reference doesn't exist, especially if you and Tim have both looked for it and not found it. If it did exist, it would probably be within the scope of the Graduate Journal of Mathematics, gradmath.org, which "publishes original work as well as expository work [that] helps make more widely accessible significant mathematical ideas, constructions or theorems." One option would be to have your student write up the sort of thing you're looking for and submit it to GJM. The website says "High quality senior theses will find GJM to be a great venue"
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– David White
Nov 14 '18 at 18:00
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How about the Allen's notes from when he taught Lie groups in 2001-2002? I remember there was one on Gelfand-Tsetlin (or Gelfand-Cetlin as Allen spelled it). Those notes aren't online anymore, but hopefully Allen still has a copy.
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– Joel Kamnitzer
Dec 8 '18 at 4:40
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@JoelKamnitzer I found some notes on Allen’s website, but they were not really the style I was looking for. In particular, they assumed a lot of familiarity with the WCF in a way that didn’t really match what I had in mind.
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– Ben Webster♦
Dec 11 '18 at 1:42