Sum rules for the special values of fully packed loop polynomials

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For a matching π\pi, define Gπ=Aπ(π)G_\pi=A_\pi(-|\pi|); let AnA_n and AnVA_n^V denote the enumerative quantities used in the source, and let n^n denote the empty matching with nn nested arches. Sum-rule conjecture. For every positive integer nn,

π:π=nGπ=An,π:π=nGπ=(1)n(n1)2(AnV)2,\sum_{\pi:|\pi|=n}|G_\pi|=A_n,\qquad \sum_{\pi:|\pi|=n}G_\pi=(-1)^{\frac{n(n-1)}2}(A_n^V)^2,

and

Gn={(1)n(n1)2(An+1V)2,n is even,(1)n(n1)2AnVAn+2V,n is odd.G_{^n}=\begin{cases} (-1)^{\frac{n(n-1)}2}(A_{n+1}^V)^2,&n\text{ is even},\\ (-1)^{\frac{n(n-1)}2}A_n^VA_{n+2}^V,&n\text{ is odd}.\end{cases}

These identities describe striking global relations among the special values GπG_\pi; the source notes that part of the second equality follows from other conjectures, while the general conjectural picture remains open.

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Primary source

Tiago Fonseca and Philippe Nadeau, “On some polynomials enumerating Fully Packed Loop configurations”, arXiv:1002.4187 (2010).

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