Power-sum character formula conjecture for cyclic Eulerian representations

Let λ=(λ1,,λk)n\lambda=(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_k)\vdash n, let g(λ)=gcd(λ1,,λk)g(\lambda)=\gcd(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_k), and let Ak1(t)A_{k-1}(t) and [λi]t[\lambda_i]_t have the meanings defined in the paper. For a polynomial F(t)F(t) and positive integer mm, let F(t)mF(t)_m be obtained by retaining only terms aitia_it^i with gcd(m,i)=1\gcd(m,i)=1. Define

Gλ(t)=(tAk1(t)i=1k[λi]t)g(λ).G_\lambda(t)=\left(tA_{k-1}(t)\prod_{i=1}^k[\lambda_i]_t\right)_{g(\lambda)}.

Power-sum character formula conjecture. The Eulerian quasisymmetric functions satisfy

j=0n1Q(n),jtj=λnzλ1Gλ(t)pλ.\sum_{j=0}^{n-1}Q_{(n),j}t^j=\sum_{\lambda\vdash n}z_\lambda^{-1}G_\lambda(t)p_\lambda.

Equivalently, the character of V(n),jV_{(n),j} evaluated on the conjugacy class λ\lambda is the coefficient of tjt^j in Gλ(t)G_\lambda(t). The source says this conjecture was proved by Sagan, Shareshian and Wachs and had been verified there through n=8n=8.

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John Shareshian and Michelle L. Wachs, “Eulerian quasisymmetric functions”, arXiv:0812.0764 (2010).

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