Positivity conjecture for the Specht-to-web transition coefficients

Let TT' be a tableau with corresponding web ww', let vTv_{T'} be the associated Specht basis vector, and let ϕ\phi be the equivariant map into web space with web basis vectors vwv_w, where wWnw\in\mathcal{W}_n. Write www\prec w' when ww is strictly below ww' in the partial order induced by the web graph.

Transition-coefficient positivity conjecture. For every tableau TT' with corresponding web ww', one has

ϕ(vT)=w+wWnwwcwwvw,\phi(v_{T'})=w'+\sum_{\substack{w\in\mathcal{W}_n\\ w\prec w'}}c_w^{w'}v_w,

where cww>0c_w^{w'}>0 for every ww occurring in the sum.

This incorporates the paper's two introductory conjectures: positivity of all transition-matrix entries and nonvanishing whenever www\preceq w'. The preceding theorem proves the relevant vanishing outside the web-graph order, while strict positivity of the remaining coefficients is left open.

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Heather M. Russell and Julianna S. Tymoczko, “The transition matrix between the Specht and web bases is unipotent with additional vanishing entries”, arXiv:1701.01868 (2017).

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