Natural deformation conjecture for Jack-character structure coefficients

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Let cSncS_n be the symmetric group and let cdeltacdelta be the Jack deformation parameter. The structure coefficients gπ,σμg^\mu_{\pi,\sigma} are defined by

Ch⁡πCh⁡σ=∑μgπ,σμ(δ)Ch⁡μ.\operatorname{Ch}_\pi\operatorname{Ch}_\sigma=\sum_\mu g^\mu_{\pi,\sigma}(\delta)\operatorname{Ch}_\mu.

At cdelta=0cdelta=0, these coefficients describe multiplication of conjugacy-class indicators AπA_\pi in the algebra of partial permutations. Natural-deformation conjecture. There exists some natural deformation of the symmetric group algebra cmathbbC[S(n)]cmathbb{C}[\mathfrak{S}(n)] depending on cdeltacdelta in which the structure coefficients for hypothetical conjugacy-class indicators are the coefficients gπ,σμg^\mu_{\pi,\sigma} of Jack characters. Such a deformation would explain the positivity conjecture by extending the symmetric-group interpretation, but “natural” and the proposed algebra are not formally specified, and the source gives no resolution.

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Piotr Śniady, “Structure coefficients for Jack characters: approximate factorization property”, arXiv:1603.04268 (2018).

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