The superpolynomial lattice-path formula

Let mm and nn be coprime positive integers, let Pn,m(u,q,t)\mathcal{P}_{n,m}(u,q,t) denote the superpolynomial, and let DD range over lattice paths below the main diagonal in an m×nm\times n rectangle. For a vertex PP of DD, write v(D)v(D) for the vertex set, and let δm,n=(m1)(n1)2\delta_{m,n}=\frac{(m-1)(n-1)}{2}; let h+(D)h_{+}(D) and β(P)\beta(P) be the stated combinatorial statistics. Superpolynomial lattice-path conjecture. One has

Pn,m(u,q,t)=Dqδm,nDth+(D)Pv(D)(1utβ(P)).\mathcal{P}_{n,m}(u,q,t)=\sum_D q^{\delta_{m,n}-|D|}t^{-h_{+}(D)}\prod_{P\in v(D)}(1-ut^{\beta(P)}).

For m=n+1m=n+1 this was proved, and the identity was proved in the specialization t=1t=1; it has also been verified computationally for many values of mm and nn.

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Eugene Gorsky and Andrei Neguţ, “Refined knot invariants and Hilbert schemes”, arXiv:1304.3328 (2015).

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