Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics, 317 Milner Hall, 21st of April 2009, 1:00-1:50

Groups and Dynamics Seminar


MacMahon's Master Theorem and its generalizations

Igor Pak of University of Minnesota


MacMahon's Master Theorem is a classical combinatorial result celebrated by its applications to binomial identities. In this talk I will present an algebraic and a direct bijective proof of the theorem. I will then discuss various non-commutative generalizations and how they fit together.