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Haglund's positivity conjecture for multiplicity one pairs

Combinatorics 2022-06-10 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

Haglund's conjecture states that Jλ(q,qk),sμ(1q)λZ0[q]\dfrac{\langle J_{\lambda}(q,q^k),s_\mu \rangle}{(1-q)^{|\lambda|}} \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}[q] for all partitions λ,μ\lambda,\mu and all non-negative integers kk, where JλJ_{\lambda} is the integral form Macdonald symmetric function and sμs_\mu is the Schur function. This paper proves Haglund's conjecture in the cases when the pair (λ,μ)(\lambda,\mu) satisfies Kλ,μ=1K_{\lambda,\mu}=1 or Kμ,λ=1K_{\mu',\lambda'}=1 where KK denotes the Kostka number. We also obtain some general results about the transition matrix between Macdonald symmetric functions and Schur functions.

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@article{arxiv.2205.11802,
  title  = {Haglund's positivity conjecture for multiplicity one pairs},
  author = {Aritra Bhattacharya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.11802},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Minor typos corrected

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