The refined qQTFPL enumeration product formula

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For each size nn, let A(n;y)A(n;y), A\textscHT(n;y)A_{\textsc{HT}}(n;y), and A\textscQT(n;y)A_{\textsc{QT}}(n;y) denote the enumerating polynomials of FPLs, HTFPLs, and qQTFPLs, respectively. Give an object weight yky^k, where kk is the index of the column, numbered from 00 to n1n-1, containing the single nonzero entry in the first row of its alternating-sign matrix. The refined qQTFPL enumeration conjecture. For any n1n\geq 1,

A\textscQT(4n+2;y)=yA\textscHT(2n+1;y)A(n+1;y)A(n;y).A_{\textsc{QT}}(4n+2;y)=yA_{\textsc{HT}}(2n+1;y)A(n+1;y)A(n;y).

This is presented as a refinement of the preceding enumeration formula and as an extension of a further conjecture of Robbins. The source gives no resolution evidence beyond the surrounding exhaustive-enumeration motivation.

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Primary source

Philippe Duchon, “On the link pattern distribution of quarter-turn symmetric FPL configurations”, arXiv:0711.2871 (2007).

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