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We exhibit a vertex operator that implements the multiplication by power sums of Jucys–Murphy elements in the centers of the group algebras of all symmetric groups simultaneously. The coefficients of this operator generate a representation of \(\mathcal{W}_{1 + \infty } \), to which operators multiplying by normalized conjugacy classes are also shown to belong. A new derivation of such operators based on matrix integrals is proposed, and our vertex operator is used to give an alternative approach to the polynomial functions on Young diagrams introduced by Kerov and Olshanski. Bibliography: 18 titles.
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Lascoux, A., Thibon, JY. Vertex Operators and the Class Algebras of Symmetric Groups. Journal of Mathematical Sciences 121, 2380–2392 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOTH.0000024619.77778.3d
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