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Schur-positivity in a Square

Combinatorics 2013-10-11 v1

Abstract

Determining if a symmetric function is Schur-positive is a prevalent and, in general, a notoriously difficult problem. In this paper we study the Schur-positivity of a family of symmetric functions. Given a partition \lambda, we denote by \lambda^c its complement in a square partition (m^m). We conjecture a Schur-positivity criterion for symmetric functions of the form s_{\mu'}s_{\mu^c}-s_{\lambda'}s_{\lambda^c}, where \lambda is a partition of weight |\mu|-1 contained in \mu and the complement of \mu is taken in the same square partition as the complement of \lambda. We prove the conjecture in many cases.

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@article{arxiv.1310.2930,
  title  = {Schur-positivity in a Square},
  author = {Cristina Ballantine and Rosa Orellana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.2930},
  year   = {2013}
}

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28 pages, 16 figures

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