Pointed e-positivity conjecture for unit interval graphs

Let m=m1mnm=m_1\cdots m_n satisfy 1m1mnn1\leq m_1\leq\cdots\leq m_n\leq n and miim_i\geq i for each ii, and let G(m)G(m) be the graph on [n][n] with an edge (i,j)(i,j) exactly when i<jmii<j\leq m_i. Let XG(m),1X_{G(m),1} be the pointed chromatic symmetric function with distinguished vertex 11. A pointed symmetric function is pointed e-positive when it is positive in the pointed elementary-symmetric basis. Unit-interval pointed e-positivity conjecture. XG(m),1X_{G(m),1} is pointed e-positive. This would provide a pointed analogue of the elementary-positivity phenomenon sought for incomparability graphs of (3+1)(\mathbf{3}+\mathbf{1})-free posets; the supplied text does not state a proof or resolution.

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Brendan Pawlowski, “Chromatic symmetric functions via the group algebra of S_n”, arXiv:1802.05470 (2024).

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