Based on Thomas and Yong's K-theoretic jeu de taquin algorithm, we prove a uniform Littlewood-Richardson rule for the K-theoretic Schubert structure constants of all minuscule homogeneous spaces. Our formula is new in all types. For the main examples of Grassmannians of type A and maximal orthogonal Grassmannians it has the advantage that the tableaux to be counted can be recognized without reference to the jeu de taquin algorithm.Brought to you by | University of Edinburgh Authenticated Download Date | 5/31/15 10:21 PM 2 `/ , where r is the number of boxes in row r of .One can check that for each box˛2 ƒ X with˛> , there exists a simple rooť 2 X ¹ º such that˛ ˇ2 ƒ X . This implies that height.˛/, defined as the sum of the coefficients obtained when˛is written as a linear combination of simple roots, is equal to the maximal cardinality of a totally ordered subset of ƒ X with˛as its maximal element.Lemma 2.2. Let˛;ˇ2 ƒ X . If˛6 ġandˇ6 IJ, then .˛;ˇ/ D 0.Proof. The cominuscule condition implies that˛Cˇ… R, and the incomparability gives˛ ˇ… R. The lemma therefore follows from [15, Lemma 9.4].Definition 2.3. Given a straight shape ƒ X , define an element w 2 W as follows. If D ;, then set w D 1. Otherwise set w D w X¹˛º s˛2 W , where˛2 is any maximal box.To see that w is well defined, assume that˛andˇare two distinct maximal boxes of the straight shape . Then Lemma 2.2 implies that .˛;ˇ/ D 0, so s˛commutes with sˇ. By Brought to you by |