Kerov's unified expansion conjecture for Kerov polynomial components

Let KrK_r be the Kerov polynomial and write its component of weight r2k+1r-2k+1 as Kr,r2k+1K_{r,r-2k+1}. For a partition u u, let l(u)l( u) be its length, let mi(u)m_i( u) be the multiplicity of the part ii, and set

Rμ=i2((i1)Ri)mi(μ)mi(μ)!.\mathcal{R}_\mu=\prod_{i\ge 2} \frac{((i-1)R_i)^{m_i(\mu)}}{m_i(\mu)!}.

For a symmetric function fkf_k, write fk(μ)f_k(\mu) for its value at the integral vector μ\mu. Kerov's unified expansion conjecture. For any k1k\ge 1 there exists an inhomogeneous symmetric function fkf_k, having maximal degree 4(k1)4(k-1), such that

Kr,r2k+1=(r+13)μ=r2k+1(l(μ)+2k2)!fk(μ)Rμ,K_{r,r-2k+1}= \binom{r+1}{3} \sum_{|\mu|=r-2k+1} (l(\mu)+2k-2)!\, f_k(\mu)\,\mathcal{R}_\mu,

where this symmetric function is independent of rr. This would unify the known formulas for the highest odd-weight components and, in particular, would give an rr-independent description of lower components whose explicit forms are currently difficult to obtain.

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Primary source

Michel Lassalle, “Two positivity conjectures for Kerov polynomials”, arXiv:0710.2454 (2008).

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