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On the Multiplicity-Free Plethysms p 2[\({s_\lambda}\)]

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We determine all the shapes \({\lambda}\) such that the plethysms \({p_2}\)[\({s_\lambda}\)](x) of the power symmetric function \({p_2}\)(x) and the Schur function \({s_\lambda}\)(x) are multiplicity-free.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno DAlcontres, 31, 98166, Messina, Italy

    Luisa Carini

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Carini, L. On the Multiplicity-Free Plethysms p 2[\({s_\lambda}\)]. Ann. Comb. 21, 339–352 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00026-017-0354-0

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