A family of bijections preserving generalized equivalence classes

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Let ww and uu be permutations, and let θ(k)\theta^{(k)} denote a bijection on permutations for each kk. The bijections are required to satisfy the properties stated in Propositions and, and k\sim_k denotes kk-equivalence. Bijection-family conjecture. There exists a family of bijections θ(k)\theta^{(k)} on permutations satisfying Propositions

andand

such that, whenever wk1uw \sim_{k-1} u, one has

θ(k)(w)kθ(k)(u).\theta^{(k)}(w) \sim_k \theta^{(k)}(u).

Such a family would express each kk-equivalence class through images of (k1)(k-1)-equivalence classes and, as indicated in the source, would yield a simple proof of Macdonald positivity.

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Primary source

Sami Assaf, “A generalized Major index statistic”, arXiv:0807.0433 (2008).

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