Negative extended-Shi conjectures for negative powers of the nabla operator

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Let Dmn−1(n)D^{mn-1}(n) be the dilated simplex associated with bounded chambers of the mm-extended Shi arrangement, and let shim(A){\sf shi}^m(A) and ish−1(A){\sf ish}^{-1}(A) be the corresponding statistics on its alcoves. Define

Shi−m(n;q,t):=∑A⊆Dmn−1(n)qish−1(A)t(mn−2)(n−1)/2−shim(A).{\sf Shi}^{-m}(n;q,t):=\sum_{A\subseteq D^{mn-1}(n)}q^{{\sf ish}^{-1}(A)}t^{(mn-2)(n-1)/2-{\sf shi}^m(A)}.

Let Shi+−m(n;q,t){\sf Shi}^{-m}_+(n;q,t) denote the same sum over alcoves whose inverses lie in the dominant cone C∘C_\circ. Write [r]q[r]_q for the qq-integer and [ab]q{a\brack b}_q for the qq-binomial coefficient. Negative extended-Shi conjectures. The following assertions hold:

  1. (−1)n−1Shi−m(n;1/q,1/t)/(qn−1tn−1)(-1)^{n-1}{\sf Shi}^{-m}(n;1/q,1/t)/(q^{n-1}t^{n-1}) is the Hilbert series of ∇−m(en)\nabla^{-m}(e_n).
  2. q(mn−2)(n−1)/2Shi−m(n;q,1/q)=[mn−1]qn−1q^{(mn-2)(n-1)/2}{\sf Shi}^{-m}(n;q,1/q)=[mn-1]_q^{n-1}.
  3. (−1)n−1Shi+−m(n;1/q,1/t)/(qn−1tn−1)(-1)^{n-1}{\sf Shi}^{-m}_+(n;1/q,1/t)/(q^{n-1}t^{n-1}) is the Hilbert series for the sign-isotypic component of ∇−m(en)\nabla^{-m}(e_n).
  4. q(mn−2)(n−1)/2Shi+−m(n;q,1/q)=1[n]q[(m+1)n−2n−1]qq^{(mn-2)(n-1)/2}{\sf Shi}^{-m}_+(n;q,1/q)=\frac{1}{[n]_q}{(m+1)n-2\brack n-1}_q.

The conjectures propose a combinatorial interpretation of negative powers of the nabla operator using bounded chambers of extended Shi arrangements, extending the positive-power picture. The source explicitly says that no combinatorial conjectures for negative powers had previously been available and gives no resolution evidence in the provided text.

References

Primary source

Drew Armstrong, “Hyperplane Arrangements and Diagonal Harmonics”, arXiv:1005.1949 (2010).

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