Varchenko–Stasinski's conjecture on odd-length generating functions for type B parabolic quotients

Let nPn\in {\mathbb P} and J[0,n1]J\subseteq [0,n-1]. Let J0J_0 be the possibly empty connected component of JJ containing 00, and let J1,,JsJ_1,\ldots,J_s be the remaining connected components. Set

m~:=i=1sJi+12,\widetilde{m}:=\sum_{i=1}^{s}\left\lfloor\frac{|J_i|+1}{2}\right\rfloor,

and let a:=min([0,n]J)a:=\min([0,n]\setminus J). Let BnJB_n^J be the relevant parabolic quotient in the hyperoctahedral group, \ell the Coxeter length, and LL the type-BB odd-length statistic.

Varchenko–Stasinski's conjecture. The generating function satisfies

\sum_{\sigma\in B_n^J}(-1)^{\ell(\sigma)}x^{L(\sigma)}=\frac{\prod_{j=a+1}^{n}(1-x^j)}{\prod_{i=1}^{\widetilde{m}}(1-x^{2i})}\left[\begin{array}{c}\widetilde{m}\\\\left\lfloor\frac{|J_1|+1}{2}\right\rfloor,\ldots,\left\lfloor\frac{|J_s|+1}{2}\right\rfloor\end{array}\right]_{x^2}.

The paper states that this conjecture is proved as a consequence of its results, so it is solved.

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Primary source

Francesco Brenti and Angela Carnevale, “Proof of a conjecture of Klopsch-Voll on Weyl groups of type A”, arXiv:1707.01002 (2017).

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