Conjecture on the weight of maximal (s,ms−1,ms+1)(s,ms-1,ms+1)-core partitions

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Let ss and mm be positive integers, and let tt be determined by either s=2t−1s=2t-1 or s=2t−2s=2t-2. A maximal (s,ms−1,ms+1)(s,ms-1,ms+1)-core partition is a core partition maximal under inclusion, and its size is its weight. The maximal-core weight conjecture. The size of a maximal (s,ms−1,ms+1)(s,ms-1,ms+1)-core is

m2t(t−1)(t2−t+1)6\frac{m^2t(t-1)(t^2-t+1)}{6}

if s=2t−1s=2t-1, and

m2(t−1)2(t2−2t+3)6−m(t−1)22\frac{m^2(t-1)^2(t^2-2t+3)}{6}-\frac{m(t-1)^2}{2}

if s=2t−2s=2t-2. There are two such maximal partitions, one corresponding to L(s){\mathcal L}(s) and one to its conjugate. This conjecture extends the agreement, when m=1m=1, between the weight of a maximal (s,ms−1,ms+1)(s,ms-1,ms+1)-core partition and the longest such core; the cited prior results concern the case m=1m=1, while the general assertion remains unresolved in the supplied text.

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Rishi Nath and James A. Sellers, “Abaci structures of (s,ms1)-core partitions”, arXiv:1610.01686 (2016).

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