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

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. & COPY; 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons .org /licenses /by /4 .0/). Funded by SCOAP3.