Cyclically distinct composition interpretation for the leafed-cycle cone

Let Cn\mathcal{C}_n be the cone constrained by the Laplacian minor of a leafed nn-cycle, and let λ=(λ0,,λn1)\lambda=(\lambda_0,\ldots,\lambda_{n-1}) be an integer point of Cn\mathcal{C}_n. For a non-negative integer mm, consider the integer points with first coordinate λ0=m\lambda_0=m.

Cyclically distinct composition conjecture. The number of integer points λCn\lambda\in\mathcal{C}_n with λ0=m\lambda_0=m is equal to the number of compositions of mm into nn parts that are cyclically distinct.

This conjecture would provide a combinatorial interpretation for the coefficients of σCn(q)\sigma_{\mathcal{C}_n}(q).

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Benjamin Braun, Robert Davis, Ashley Harrison, Jessica McKim, Jenna Noll and Clifford Taylor, “Compositions constrained by graph Laplacian minors”, arXiv:1202.2013 (2012).

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