Mathematics – Combinatorics
Scientific paper
2004-11-12
Linear Algebra and its Applications 403 (2005) 369--398
Mathematics
Combinatorics
24 pages
Scientific paper
For any complex number $\alpha$ and any even-size skew-symmetric matrix $B$, we define a generalization $\pfa{\alpha}(B)$ of the pfaffian $\pf(B)$ which we call the $\alpha$-pfaffian. The $\alpha$-pfaffian is a pfaffian analogue of the $\alpha$-determinant. It gives the pfaffian at $\alpha=-1$. We give some formulas for $\alpha$-pfaffians and study the positivity. Further we define point processes determined by the $\alpha$-pfaffian. Also we provide a linear algebraic proof of the explicit pfaffian expression for the correlation function of the shifted Schur measure.
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