Characterization of ${\cal B}(\infty)$ using marginally large tableaux and rigged configurations in the $A_n$ case via integer sequences

Abstract

Rigged configurations are combinatorial objects prominent in the study of solvable lattice models. Marginally large tableaux are semi-standard Young tableaux of special form that give a realization of the crystals ${\cal B}(\infty)$. We introduce cascading sequences to characterize marginally large tableaux. Then we use cascading sequences and a non-explicit crystal isomorphism between marginally large tableaux and rigged configurations to give a characterization of the latter set, and to give an explicit bijection between the two sets.