de Gier's stationary distribution conjecture for half-turn-invariant FPL link patterns

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Let A\textscHT(N;π)A_{\textsc{HT}}(N;\pi) be the number of half-turn-invariant FPLs of size NN with half-turn-invariant link pattern π\pi, and let A\textscHT(N)A_{\textsc{HT}}(N) be the total number of such FPLs. Consider the Markov chain on half-turn-invariant link patterns obtained by choosing uniformly one of the symmetrized cyclic Temperley–Lieb generators; its unique stationary distribution is denoted by μ\textscHT\mu_{\textsc{HT}}. de Gier's conjecture. The stationary distribution for half-turn-invariant link patterns of size NN is

μ\textscHT(π)=A\textscHT(N;π)A\textscHT(N).\mu_{\textsc{HT}}(\pi)=\frac{A_{\textsc{HT}}(N;\pi)}{A_{\textsc{HT}}(N)}.

This conjecture extends the stationary-distribution claim from ordinary FPLs to the half-turn-invariant setting. The source gives no resolution evidence.

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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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