Farey-interval shape conjecture for Mullineux wall-crossing of the sign representation

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Let nn be a prime number, let sgn⁡n\operatorname{sgn}_n be the partition of nn corresponding to the sign representation of SnS_n, and let rr be a term in the nn-th Farey sequence. For s=p/qs=p/q, let MsM_s be the qq-Mullineux involution on partitions of nn, let 0<w1<⋯<wk<r0<w_1<\dots<w_k<r be the terms of the nn-th Farey sequence between 00 and rr, and define

Nr=Mr∘Mwk∘⋯∘Mw1.N_r=M_r\circ M_{w_k}\circ\dots\circ M_{w_1}.

For positive integers f1<⋯<fmf_1<\dots<f_m and g1,…,gmg_1,\dots,g_m, write f1g1…fmgmf_1^{g_1}\dots f_m^{g_m} for the partition having gig_i parts equal to fif_i. Farey-interval shape conjecture. There is an increasing sequence of fractions ai/bia_i/b_i in the Farey series such that, whenever ai/bi<r<ai+1/bi+1a_i/b_i<r<a_{i+1}/b_{i+1}, the partition Nr(sgn⁡n)N_r(\operatorname{sgn}_n) has the form ztxyz^t x^y, where

z+y=biz+y=b_i

and

y+t+z−x=bi+1.y+t+z-x=b_{i+1}.

Together with xy+zt=nxy+zt=n, these equations constrain the shape of the wall-crossed sign representation. The source presents this as a computer-motivated conjecture and gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

Galyna Dobrovolska, “Some remarks on combinatorial wall-crossing”, arXiv:1809.07206 (2021).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2007–2018). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0703888.

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