Baker–Forrester constant-term conjecture for prescribed symmetry

Let D1(n0;n1;a,b;q)D_1(n_0;n_1;a,b;q) be the constant term of the Laurent polynomial

n0+1i<jn(ziqk+1zj)(zi1qkzj1)i<j(zizj;q)k(qzjzi;q)ki=1n(zi;q)a(qzi;q)b.\prod_{n_0+1\leq i<j\leq n}(z_i-q^{k+1}z_j)(z_i^{-1}-q^kz_j^{-1})\prod_{i<j}\left(\frac{z_i}{z_j};q\right)_k\left(q\frac{z_j}{z_i};q\right)_k\prod_{i=1}^{n}(z_i;q)_a\left(\frac q{z_i};q\right)_b.

Here CT\operatorname{CT} denotes the constant term, (x;q)k(x;q)_k is the qq-shifted factorial, and Γq\Gamma_q is the qq-gamma function. Baker–Forrester constant-term conjecture.

D1(n0;n1;a,b;q)=CT ⁣(n0+1i<jn(ziqk+1zj)(zi1qkzj1)i<j(zizj;q)k(qzjzi;q)ki=1n(zi;q)a(qzi;q)b)=Γqk+1(n1+1)(Γq(1+k))nl=0n01Γq(a+b+1+kl)Γq(1+k(l+1))Γq(a+1+kl)Γq(b+1+kl)×j=0n11Γq((k+1)j+a+b+kn0+1)Γq((k+1)(j+1)+kn0)Γq((k+1)j+a+kn0+1)Γq((k+1)j+b+kn0+1).\begin{aligned} D_1(n_0;n_1;a,b;q)&=\operatorname{CT}\!\left(\prod_{n_0+1\leq i<j\leq n}(z_i-q^{k+1}z_j)(z_i^{-1}-q^kz_j^{-1})\prod_{i<j}\left(\frac{z_i}{z_j};q\right)_k\left(q\frac{z_j}{z_i};q\right)_k\prod_{i=1}^{n}(z_i;q)_a\left(\frac q{z_i};q\right)_b\right)\\ &=\frac{\Gamma_{q^{k+1}}(n_1+1)}{(\Gamma_q(1+k))^n}\prod_{l=0}^{n_0-1}\frac{\Gamma_q(a+b+1+kl)\Gamma_q(1+k(l+1))}{\Gamma_q(a+1+kl)\Gamma_q(b+1+kl)}\\ &\quad\times\prod_{j=0}^{n_1-1}\frac{\Gamma_q((k+1)j+a+b+kn_0+1)\Gamma_q((k+1)(j+1)+kn_0)}{\Gamma_q((k+1)j+a+kn_0+1)\Gamma_q((k+1)j+b+kn_0+1)}. \end{aligned}

The conjecture includes the n0=0n_0=0 qq-Morris constant-term identity and has several special cases proved, including a=b=0a=b=0, n1=2n_1=2, n1=3n_1=3, and n5n\leq5, but the supplied text does not establish the full statement.

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W. Baratta, “Some Properties of Macdonald Polynomials with Prescribed Symmetry”, arXiv:1001.3134 (2010).

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