Cuttler–Greene–Skandera monotonicity conjecture for normalized Schur functions

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Let λ\lambda and μ\mu be partitions, and let x=(x1,…,xn)\bm{x}=(x_1,\ldots,x_n) have nonnegative entries. For a partition λ\lambda, let Sλ(x)=sλ(x)/sλ(1n)S_\lambda(\bm{x})=s_\lambda(\bm{x})/s_\lambda(1^n) be its normalized Schur function, and write λ≺μ\lambda\prec\mu when λ\lambda is majorized by μ\mu. Cuttler–Greene–Skandera's conjecture.

Sλ(x)≤Sμ(x)if and only ifλ≺μ.S_\lambda(\bm{x})\leq S_\mu(\bm{x})\quad\text{if and only if}\quad\lambda\prec\mu.

The conjecture concerns monotonicity of normalized Schur functions under the dominance order on partitions. The paper states that it proves this conjecture.

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Suvrit Sra, “On inequalities for normalized Schur functions”, arXiv:1502.04753 (2015).

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