Expansion of $k$-Schur functions for maximal $k$-rectangles within the affine nilCoxeter algebra

Abstract

We give several explicit combinatorial formulas for the expansion of k-Schur functions indexed by maximal rectangles in terms of the standard basis of the affine nilCoxeter algebra. Using our result, we also show a commutation relation of k-Schur functions corresponding to rectangles with the generators of the affine nilCoxeter algebra.

to appear in Journal of Combinatorics, 28 pages