The poset of Specht ideals for hyperoctahedral groups

Abstract

Specht polynomials classically realize the irreducible representations of the symmetric group. The ideals defined by these polynomials provide a strong connection with the combinatorics of Young tableaux and have been intensively studied by several authors. We initiate similar investigations for the ideals defined by the Specht polynomials associated to the hyperoctahedral group <i>B_n</i>. We introduce a bidominance order on bipartitions which describes the poset of inclusions of these ideals and study algebraic consequences on general Bn-invariant ideals and varieties, which can lead to computational simplifications.