Nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials can be symmetrized in all their variables to obtain the (symmetric) Macdonald polynomials. We generalize this process, symmetrizing the nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials in only the first k out of n variables. The resulting partially-symmetric Macdonald polynomials interpolate between the symmetric and nonsymmetric types. We begin developing theory for these partially-symmetric polynomials, and prove results including their stability, an integral form, and a Pieri-like formula for their multiplication with certain elementary symmetric functions.

There are two well-understood types of polynomials known as the nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials and symmetric Macdonald polynomials. We define a new form of Macdonald polynomials, which we call partially-symmetric, that are somewhere between the symmetric and nonsymmetric versions. We examine properties of these new partially-symmetric polynomials, including what happens when adding additional symmetric variables, how to multiply them by a constant to clear out denominators in their coefficients, and what happens when multiplying them by another symmetric polynomial.

Doctor of Philosophy