Ordered set partitions and the 0-Hecke algebra

Abstract

Let the symmetric group $\mathfrak{S}_n$ act on the polynomial ring $\mathbb{Q}[\mathbf{x}_n] = \mathbb{Q}[x_1, \dots, x_n]$ by variable permutation. The coinvariant algebra is the graded $\mathfrak{S}_n$-module $R_n := {\mathbb{Q}[\mathbf{x}_n]} / {I_n}$, where $I_n$ is the ideal in $\mathbb{Q}[\mathbf{x}_n]$ generated by invariant polynomials with vanishing constant term. Haglund, Rhoades, and Shimozono introduced a new quotient $R_{n,k}$ of the polynomial ring $\mathbb{Q}[\mathbf{x}_n]$ depending on two positive integers $k \leq n$ which reduces to the classical coinvariant algebra of the symmetric group $\mathfrak{S}_n$ when $k = n$. The quotient $R_{n,k}$ carries the structure of a graded $\mathfrak{S}_n$-module; Haglund et. al. determine its graded isomorphism type and relate it to the Delta Conjecture in the theory of Macdonald polynomials. We introduce and study a related quotient $S_{n,k}$ of $\mathbb{F}[\mathbf{x}_n]$ which carries a graded action of the 0-Hecke algebra $H_n(0)$, where $\mathbb{F}$ is an arbitrary field. We prove 0-Hecke analogs of the results of Haglund, Rhoades, and Shimozono. In the classical case $k = n$, we recover earlier results of Huang concerning the 0-Hecke action on the coinvariant algebra.