Generalization of the Smith normal form theorem for the action of k partial p_k

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The map k∂∂pkpkk\frac{\partial}{\partial p_k}p_k acts on homogeneous symmetric functions of degree nn. With respect to an integral basis, let Mk(n)M_k^{(n)} denote its matrix, and let p(n)p(n) be the number of partitions of nn. Let M\mathcal{M} be the multiset of all numbers mk(λ)m_k(\lambda) for λ⊢n\lambda\vdash n. Generalized Smith normal form conjecture. There exist P(x),Q(x)∈SL(p(n),Z[x])P(x),Q(x)\in\mathrm{SL}(p(n),\mathbb{Z}[x]) such that

P(x)(Mk(n)+xIp(n))Q(x)=diag⁡(f1(x),…,fp(n)(x)),P(x)(M_k^{(n)}+xI_{p(n)})Q(x)=\operatorname{diag}(f_1(x),\dotsc,f_{p(n)}(x)),

where the diagonal entries are determined successively from the distinct elements of M\mathcal{M}: fp(n)(x)f_{p(n)}(x) is a product of factors x+k(ai+1)x+k(a_i+1), with the aia_i ranging over the distinct elements of M\mathcal{M}; fp(n)−1(x)f_{p(n)-1}(x) is a product of factors x+k(bi+1)x+k(b_i+1), with the bib_i ranging over the remaining distinct elements of M\mathcal{M}; and so on, until all elements of M\mathcal{M} have been exhausted, with the remaining diagonal entries equal to the empty product 11. This conjectures that the theorem proved in the paper extends from its original action to the action k∂∂pkpkk\frac{\partial}{\partial p_k}p_k for every k≥1k\geq1.

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Tommy Wuxing Cai and Richard P. Stanley, “The Smith Normal Form of a Matrix Associated with Young's Lattice”, arXiv:1502.00922 (2015).

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