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On the Positivity Conjecture for Finite Abelian p-Groups

Combinatorics 2021-07-07 v4 Group Theory

Abstract

For a partition λ=(λ1ρ1>λ2ρ2>λ3ρ3>>λkρk)\underline{\lambda} = (\lambda_{1}^{\rho _1}>\lambda_{2}^{\rho _2}>\lambda_{3}^{\rho _3}>\ldots>\lambda_{k}^{\rho _k}) and its associated finite R\mathcal{R}-module Aλ=ki=1(R/πλiR)ρi\mathcal{A}_{\underline{\lambda}}=\underset{i=1}{\overset{k}{\oplus}} (\mathcal{R}/\pi^{\lambda_i}\mathcal{R})^{\rho_i}, where R\mathcal{R} is a discrete valuation ring, with maximal ideal generated by a uniformizing element π\pi, having finite residue field k=R/πRFq{\bf k}=\mathcal{R}/\pi\mathcal{R}\cong \mathbb{F}_q, the number of orbits of pairs nλ(q)=Gλ\(Aλ×Aλ)n_{\underline{\lambda}}(q)= \mid \mathcal{G}_{\underline{\lambda}}\backslash \big(\mathcal{A}_{\underline{\lambda}}\times \mathcal{A}_{\underline{\lambda}}\big)\mid for the diagonal action of the automorphism group Gλ=Aut(Aλ)\mathcal{G}_{\underline{\lambda}}= Aut(\mathcal{A}_{\underline{\lambda}}), is a polynomial in qq with integer coefficients. Positivity conjecture states that these coefficients are in fact non-negative. In this article, we prove this conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2001.02523,
  title  = {On the Positivity Conjecture for Finite Abelian p-Groups},
  author = {C P Anil Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.02523},
  year   = {2021}
}

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