The stronger parking-function bijection conjecture

Let Ac\mathcal{A}_c denote the set of parking functions with composition cc, let dinv(PF)\operatorname{dinv}(PF) and ides(PF)\operatorname{ides}(PF) be the diagonal inversion number and inverse descent set, and let diagword(PF)\operatorname{diagword}(PF) be the diagonal word. The stronger parking-function bijection conjecture. For integers ba1b\leq a-1, there exists a bijection

f:A[b,a]A[a1,b+1]A[a,b]A[b+1,a1]f:\mathcal{A}_{[b,a]}\cup\mathcal{A}_{[a-1,b+1]}\longleftrightarrow\mathcal{A}_{[a,b]}\cup\mathcal{A}_{[b+1,a-1]}

that increases dinv\operatorname{dinv} by exactly one, preserves ides\operatorname{ides} and the diagonal word, and satisfies

f(A[a1,b+1])A[a,b],f1(A[b+1,a1])A[b,a].f(\mathcal{A}_{[a-1,b+1]})\subset\mathcal{A}_{[a,b]},\qquad f^{-1}(\mathcal{A}_{[b+1,a-1]})\subset\mathcal{A}_{[b,a]}.

This strengthens the preceding conjecture by requiring preservation of the diagonal word and specifying the images of the two summands. It was motivated by computer data and theoretical considerations, and the source gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Angela Hicks, “A Parking Function Bijection supporting the Haglund-Morse-Zabrocki Conjectures”, arXiv:1210.2705 (2012).

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