The nonnegative hook-content formula conjecture for skew partitions

Let Hλ/μ(n)\overline{H}_{\lambda/\mu}(n) be the normalized hook-content quantity associated with partitions μλ\mu\subseteq\lambda, and let \ell denote the length of λ\lambda. For an integer nn\geq\ell, the nonnegative hook-content formula conjecture.

Hλ/μ(n)Z0.\overline{H}_{\lambda/\mu}(n)\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}.

The claim asserts integrality and nonnegativity of the formula, although these properties are not evident from its definition. The authors report verification in numerous cases; no general proof or combinatorial interpretation is supplied.

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Anatol N. Kirillov and Travis Scrimshaw, “Hook-content formula using excited Young diagrams”, arXiv:1904.00371 (2019).

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