The product of any finite number of Schur and factorial Schur functions can be expanded as a Z[y]-linear combination of Schur functions. We give a rule for computing the coefficients in such an expansion which generalizes the classical Littlewood-Richardson rule.

Under the entrywise dominance partial ordering, T.L. Markham and R.L. Smith obtained a Schur complement inequality for the Hadamard product of two tridiagonal totally nonnegative matrices. Applying the properties of the Hadamard core of totally nonnegative matrices, the Schur complement inequalities for the Hadamard product of totally nonnegative matrices is obtained, which extends those of T.L...

Under the entrywise dominance partial ordering, T.L. Markham and R.L. Smith obtained a Schur complement inequality for the Hadamard product of two tridiagonal totally nonnegative matrices. Applying the properties of the Hadamard core of totally nonnegative matrices, the Schur complement inequalities for the Hadamard product of totally nonnegative matrices is obtained, which extends those of T.L...

There is considerable current interest in determining when the difference of two skew Schur functions is Schur positive. While the general solution for ribbon Schur functions seems out of reach at present, we determine necessary and sufficient conditions for multiplicity-free ribbons, i.e. those whose expansion as a linear combination of Schur functions has all coefficients either zero or one. ...

We prove a Murnaghan–Nakayama rule for k-Schur functions of Lapointe and Morse. That is, we give an explicit formula for the expansion of the product of a power sum symmetric function and a k-Schur function in terms of k-Schur functions. This is proved using the noncommutative k-Schur functions in terms of the nilCoxeter algebra introduced by Lam and the affine analogue of noncommutative symmet...

Let $(A)$ be a complex $(ntimes n)$ matrix and assume that the numerical range of $(A)$ lies in the set of a sector of half angle $(alpha)$ denoted by $(S_{alpha})$. We prove the numerical ranges of the conjugate, inverse and Schur complement of any order of $(A)$ are in the same $(S_{alpha})$.The eigenvalues of some kinds of matrix product and numerical ranges of hadmard product, star-congruen...

We give a simple combinatorial proof of Ram’s rule for computing the characters of the Hecke Algebra. We also establish a relationship between the characters of the Hecke algebra and the Kronecker product of two irreducible representations of the Symmetric Group which allows us to give new combinatorial interpretations to the Kronecker product of two Schur functions evaluated at a Schur functio...