Etymology

Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomial

Today it means: A member P_(y,w)(q) of a certain family of integral polynomials that are indexed by pairs of elements y, w of a Coxeter group W, which can in particular be the Weyl group of a Lie group. Full definition →

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Introduced by David Kazhdan and George Lusztig in 1979.

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