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Schur positivity of nabla on Petrie symmetric functions

Combinatorics 2026-07-07 v1

Abstract

The Petrie symmetric function G(k,n)G(k,n), introduced by Grinberg, is defined as the sum of monomial symmetric functions mλm_\lambda indexed by partitions λn\lambda\vdash n satisfying λ1<k\lambda_1<k. This article demonstrates that the Schur positivity pattern of rG(k,n)\nabla^r G(k,n) for all r1r\geq 1 depends exclusively on whether kk divides nn, thus answering an open problem of Bergeron noted in Grinberg's work.

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@article{arxiv.2607.06351,
  title  = {Schur positivity of nabla on Petrie symmetric functions},
  author = {Menghao Qu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.06351},
  year   = {2026}
}

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