The positivity conjecture for Macdonald superpolynomial Kostka coefficients

Let HΛ(x,θ;q,t)H_\Lambda(x,\theta;q,t) be the modified Macdonald superpolynomial and let sΩ(x,θ)s_\Omega(x,\theta) be the Schur superpolynomial basis. Define the coefficients KΩΛ(q,t)K_{\Omega\Lambda}(q,t) by

HΛ(x,θ;q,t)=ΩKΩΛ(q,t)sΩ(x,θ).H_\Lambda(x,\theta;q,t)=\sum_\Omega K_{\Omega\Lambda}(q,t)s_\Omega(x,\theta).

Kostka-positivity conjecture. Every KΩΛ(q,t)K_{\Omega\Lambda}(q,t) is a polynomial in qq and tt with nonnegative integer coefficients. The paper proves this conjecture in the stable sector mnm\ge n, while it remains conjectural in the non-stable sector.

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O. Blondeau-Fournier, L. Lapointe and P. Mathieu, “Double Macdonald polynomials as the stable limit of Macdonald superpolynomials”, arXiv:1211.3186 (2013).

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