The four-variable power-sum regular-sequence conjecture from computer calculations

Let pip_i be the power sum symmetric polynomial of degree ii in S=K[x1,x2,x3,x4]S=K[x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4]. Let A={a,b,n}A=\{a,b,n\} with a<b<na<b<n. The four-variable power-sum conjecture. The sequence pA(4)p_A(4) is regular if and only if the following conditions hold: (1) if aa is odd and bb is even, then this holds for every nn; (2) if aa and bb are odd, then nn is even; (3) if a=2ma=2m with mm odd, then it holds for every nn when λ=ba4k\lambda=b-a\ne4k, while when λ=4k\lambda=4k it holds for every nn of the form 4l+24l+2; (4) if a=2ma=2m with mm even, then b3ab\ne3a and n(2k+1)an\ne(2k+1)a; and (5) (a,b,n)(a,b,n) is not of the form (a,2a,5a)(a,2a,5a). Here the parameters k,lk,l range over N\mathbb{N} as in the source. Computer calculations using CoCoA motivate this proposed classification, and the supplied text gives no proof or resolution.

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Neeraj Kumar and Ivan Martino, “Regular sequences of power sums and complete symmetric polynomials”, arXiv:1110.6813 (2013).

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