Positivity conjecture for the Specht-to-web transition coefficients

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Let T′T' be a tableau with corresponding web w′w', let vT′v_{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 w∈Wnw\in\mathcal{W}_n. Write w≺w′w\prec w' when ww is strictly below w′w' in the partial order induced by the web graph.

Transition-coefficient positivity conjecture. For every tableau T′T' with corresponding web w′w', one has

ϕ(vT′)=w′+∑w∈Wnw≺w′cww′vw,\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 w⪯w′w\preceq w'. The preceding theorem proves the relevant vanishing outside the web-graph order, while strict positivity of the remaining coefficients is left open.

References

Primary source

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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