The inv-maj bijection for fillings and conjugate partition shapes

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Let F\mathcal{F} be the set of all fillings of Young diagrams with positive integers. For a filling σ\sigma, let inv⁡(σ)\operatorname{inv}(\sigma) and maj⁡(σ)\operatorname{maj}(\sigma) denote its inversion and major-index statistics, let Fμα\mathcal{F}_\mu^\alpha be the fillings of shape μ\mu and content α\alpha, and write Fμα∣inv⁡=a,maj⁡=b\mathcal{F}_\mu^\alpha|_{\operatorname{inv}=a,\operatorname{maj}=b} for those with the indicated statistic values. The inv-maj bijection conjecture. There is a natural isomorphism of weighted sets

φ:(F;inv⁡,maj⁡)→(F;maj⁡,inv⁡)\varphi:(\mathcal{F};\operatorname{inv},\operatorname{maj})\to(\mathcal{F};\operatorname{maj},\operatorname{inv})

which interchanges inv⁡\operatorname{inv} and maj⁡\operatorname{maj} and sends a partition shape to its conjugate; equivalently, for every a,b,μ,αa,b,\mu,\alpha, it restricts to a bijection

φ:Fμα∣inv⁡=a,maj⁡=b→Fμ∗α∣inv⁡=b,maj⁡=a.\varphi:\mathcal{F}_\mu^\alpha|_{\operatorname{inv}=a,\operatorname{maj}=b}\to\mathcal{F}_{\mu^\ast}^\alpha|_{\operatorname{inv}=b,\operatorname{maj}=a}.

This would provide an elementary combinatorial proof of the q,tq,t-symmetry relation for transformed Macdonald polynomials, extending the classical inv-maj equidistribution on permutations. The source does not state a resolution.

References

Primary source

Maria Monks Gillespie, “A combinatorial approach to the q,t-symmetry relation in Macdonald polynomials”, arXiv:1503.02109 (2015).

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