(q,t)-deformed (skew) Hurwitz τ-functions

Abstract

We follow the general recipe for constructing commutative families of W-operators, which provides Hurwitz-like expansions in symmetric functions (Macdonald polynomials), in order to obtain a difference operator example that gives rise to a (q,t)-deformation of the earlier studied models. As before, a key role is played by an appropriate deformation of the cut-and-join rotation operator. We outline its expression both in terms of generators of the quantum toroidal algebra and in terms of the Macdonald difference operators.