Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4589370 Journal of Algebra 2006 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

We give a generalization of Weyl's denominator formulas for the classical groups. We consider the matrices whose constituents are the characters of the respective classical groups in the restricted variables for each column of the matrices and show that the determinants of the matrices are equal to the powers of the fundamental alternating polynomials (the original denominators of Weyl's denominator formulas).

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory