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Resorting to suitable representations of q-algebras, we give a new proof of the theorem stating that the Gaussian polynomial defined by the q-binomial coefficient is the weight (polynomial generating function) of the restricted (i.e. limited in number and size of summands) k-rowed plane partitions.
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Celeghini, E., Rasetti, M. The Gaussian Polynomial, Restricted k-Rowed Plane Partitions and Hopf Algebras. Letters in Mathematical Physics 40, 171–176 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007311709335
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