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A proof of the Fields Conjectures

Combinatorics 2025-06-02 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

The {\em superspace ring} of rank nn is the algebra Ωn\Omega_n of differential forms on affine nn-space. The algebra Ωn\Omega_n is bigraded with respect to polynomial and exterior degree and carries a natural action of the symmetric group Sn\mathfrak{S}_n. Modding out by Sn\mathfrak{S}_n-invariants with vanishing constant term yields the {\em superspace coinvariant ring} SRnSR_n. We prove that, as an ungraded Sn\mathfrak{S}_n-module, the space SRnSR_n is isomorphic to the sign-twisted permutation action of Sn\mathfrak{S}_n on ordered set partitions of {1,,n}\{1,\dots,n\}. We refine this result by calculating the bigraded Sn\mathfrak{S}_n-isomorphism type of SRnSR_n. This proves the Fields Conjectures of N. Bergeron, L. Colmenarejo, S.-X. Li, J. Machacek, R. Sulzgruber, and M. Zabrocki as well as a related conjecture of V. Reiner.

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@article{arxiv.2505.24027,
  title  = {A proof of the Fields Conjectures},
  author = {Satoshi Murai and Brendon Rhoades and Andy Wilson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.24027},
  year   = {2025}
}

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28 pages

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