Hilbert series of the Grassmannian and -Narayana numbers
We compute the Hilbert series of the complex Grassmannian using invariant theoretic methods. This is made possible by showing that the denominator of the -Hilbert series is a Vandermonde-like determinant. We show that the -polynomial of the Grassmannian coincides with the -Narayana polynomial. A simplified formula for the -polynomial of Schubert varieties is given. Finally, we use a generalized hypergeometric Euler transform to find simplified formulae for the -Narayana numbers, i.e. the -polynomial...