The CAPP conjecture for weighted matroid measures

Let a weighted matroid measure be obtained by assigning positive external-field weights to the independent sets of a matroid. For a measure on 2k2k variables, define the antipodal pairs property (APP) by

αk(μ)αk1(μ),\alpha_k(\mu)\geq\alpha_{k-1}(\mu),

where αi(μ)=(ni)1η=iμ(η)μ(1η)\alpha_i(\mu)={n\choose i}^{-1}\sum_{|\eta|=i}\mu(\eta)\mu(\underline{1}-\eta); define CAPP by requiring APP after conditioning on any n2kn-2k variables. Weighted-matroid CAPP conjecture. Weighted matroid measures have CAPP. This is presented as a possible strengthening of Mason's conjecture, with no resolution supplied.

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Jeff Kahn and Michael Neiman, “Negative correlation and log-concavity”, arXiv:0712.3507 (2009).

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