Maximal even (pˉ,qˉ)(\bar p,\bar q)-core partition conjecture

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Let pp and qq be distinct odd primes. A partition is a (pˉ,qˉ)(\bar p,\bar q)-core partition if it is simultaneously a pˉ\bar p-core and a qˉ\bar q-core, and it is even when its corresponding parity is even. Maximal even core conjecture. There exists a (pˉ,qˉ)(\bar p,\bar q)-core partition λ\lambda such that every even (pˉ,qˉ)(\bar p,\bar q)-core partition is contained in λ\lambda.

This asks whether the even core partitions admit a common largest member under containment, analogous to the known result for all (pˉ,qˉ)(\bar p,\bar q)-core partitions. The source presents this as a future direction and gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

Calvin Deng, “Even (s, t)-core partitions and self-associate characters of S_n”, arXiv:1508.01462 (2016).

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