Positivity conjecture for Jack shifted functions and generalized Jack characters

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Let λ=rp\lambda=\mathbf{r}^{\mathbf{p}} be a Young diagram in multirectangular coordinates. For a partition μ\mu, let Jμ,(α)J^{\star,(\alpha)}_\mu be the shifted Jack function and let Kμ(α)\operatorname{\mathfrak{K}}^{(\alpha)}_\mu be the generalized Jack character defined from the monomial expansion of Jack polynomials. The α\alpha-falling-factorial positivity conjecture concerns the basis

(αc(p1)a1(pd)ad(r1)b1(rd)bd)c,a1,,ad,b1,,bd0\left(\alpha^c(p_1)_{a_1}\cdots(p_d)_{a_d}(r_1)_{b_1}\cdots(r_d)_{b_d}\right)_{c,a_1,\dots,a_d,b_1,\dots,b_d\geq 0}

of the polynomial ring in α,p1,,pd,r1,,rd\alpha,p_1,\dots,p_d,r_1,\dots,r_d. For every partition μ\mu, the quantities αμμ1Jμ,(α)(rp)\alpha^{|\mu|-\mu_1}J^{\star,(\alpha)}_\mu(\mathbf{r}^{\mathbf{p}}) and Kμ(α)(rp)\operatorname{\mathfrak{K}}^{(\alpha)}_\mu(\mathbf{r}^{\mathbf{p}}) are polynomials with non-negative rational coefficients in this α\alpha-falling-factorial basis. The supplied source formulates this as a conjecture for general α\alpha, and gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Per Alexandersson and Valentin Féray, “Shifted symmetric functions and multirectangular coordinates of Young diagrams”, arXiv:1608.02447 (2017).

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