The equal-parameter Armstrong conjecture for simultaneous bicores

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Let ss be a positive integer and let a,ba,b satisfy 0a,b<s0\leq a,b<s. For parameters rr and cc, write C(r0,c)\mathcal{C}_{(r\,|\,0,c)} for the corresponding set of bipartitions, and let the size of a bipartition mean the total number of boxes in its two components. Equal-parameter Armstrong conjecture. If ss and aba-b are coprime, then the average size of a bipartition in

C(s0,a)C(s0,b)\mathcal{C}_{(s\,|\,0,a)}\cap\mathcal{C}_{(s\,|\,0,b)}

is

(s+1)(a(sa)+b(sb)+1s)12.\frac{(s+1)(a(s-a)+b(s-b)+1-s)}{12}.

This is proposed as an analogue of Armstrong's conjecture for simultaneous core bipartitions; the case a=0a=0 recovers Armstrong's conjecture for ordinary simultaneous cores. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture is recorded as open.

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Primary source

Matthew Fayers, “Simultaneous core multipartitions”, arXiv:1709.00079 (2018).

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