If , the monomial symmetric function of
corresponding to
is defined as
(1)
Zonal polynomials can be expressed in terms of the monomial symmetric functions:
(2)
where the are constants and the summation is over all partitions
of k with
(that is,
is below or equal to
in the lexicographical ordering).
Substituting this expression (2) in the partial differential equation
(3)
and equating coefficients of like monomial symmetric functions on both sides leads to a recurrence relation for the coefficients, namely,
(4)
where and
. Such that, when the parts of the partition
are arranged in descending order,
is above
and below or equal to
in the lexicographical ordering.
The summation in (4) is over all such , including possibly, nondescending ones, and any empty sum is taken to be zero.
The partial differential operation on
(5)
produces
(a) and
(b) ,
the is
in
actually.
eg.
From , the other coefficients can be obtained according to the recurrence relation.
eg.
To get the partion (2,1,1), the partion (3,1) include (3,1,0) and (3,0,1) ; To get the partion (1,1,1,1), the partion (2,1,1) include (2,1,1,0) ,(2,1,0,1),(2,0,1,1)(1,2,1,0)(1,2,0,1) and (1,1,2,0).
Corollarys:
1. Let the coefficients be given by (4) and suppose that
is a partition of k into p nonzero parts. If the partition
of k has less than p nonzero parts and
then
.
2. If the symmetric matrix Y has rank r , so that
y, and if
is a partition of k into more than r parts, then
.
3. If Y is a positive definite matrix ( Y > 0) then
If the partition of k has
nonzero parts, the value of the zonal polynomial at
, is given by (an alternative notations for the zonal polynomials):
where
.(DLMF: 35.4 Partitions and Zonal Polynomials)
A. G. Constantine. Some Non-Central Distribution Problems in Multivariate Analysis
See Muirhead (1982, pp. 68–72) for the definition and properties of the Haar measure dH. See Hua (1963, p. 30), Constantine (1963), James (1964), and Macdonald (1995, pp. 425–431) for further information.
Alternative notations for the zonal polynomials are Cκ(T) (Muirhead (1982, pp. 227–239)), 𝒴κ(T) (Takemura (1984, p. 22)), and Φκ(T) (Faraut and Korányi (1994, pp. 228–236)).
Reference: Aspects of multivariate statistical theory