The Shuffle conjecture

Let nn be a positive integer, let μ=(μ1,μ2,,μk)n\mu=(\mu_1,\mu_2,\ldots,\mu_k)\vdash n, and let E1,E2,,EkE_1,E_2,\ldots,E_k be successive segments of the word 123n123\cdots n of respective lengths μ1,μ2,,μk\mu_1,\mu_2,\ldots,\mu_k. Let PFn{\cal PF}_n denote the collection of Parking Functions in the n×nn\times n square, let σ(PF)\sigma(PF) be the reading word of PFPF, and let \shuffle\shuffle denote shuffling. The Shuffle conjecture.

en,hμ=PFPFntarea(PF)qdinv(PF)χ(σ(PF)E1\shuffleE2\shuffle\shuffleEk).\big\langle \nabla e_n,h_\mu\big\rangle=\sum_{PF\in{\cal PF}_n}t^{\operatorname{area}(PF)}q^{\operatorname{dinv}(PF)}\chi\big(\sigma(PF)\in E_1\shuffle E_2\shuffle\cdots\shuffle E_k\big).

This conjecture gives a combinatorial interpretation of the scalar products of en\nabla e_n with homogeneous symmetric functions and, in particular, predicts the (t,q)(t,q)-enumeration of Parking Functions with prescribed shuffle reading words. Its specialization at t=1/qt=1/q implies the additional qq-enumeration stated below, which the paper describes as open.

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Primary source

Angela Hicks and Emily Leven, “A refinement of the Shuffle Conjecture with cars of two sizes and t=1/q”, arXiv:1304.7026 (2013).

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