The positive rationality conjecture for normalized skew qq-hook-content formulas

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Let μ⊆λ\mu\subseteq\lambda be partitions, let ℓ\ell be the length of λ\lambda, and fix an integer n≥ℓn\geq\ell. Let Hλ/μ(n;q)H_{\lambda/\mu}(n;q) be the skew qq-hook-content quantity and let [∣λ/μ∣]q![\lvert\lambda/\mu\rvert]_q! denote the corresponding qq-factorial. The normalized positive rationality conjecture. There exist a(q),b(q)∈Z≥0[q]a(q),b(q)\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq0}[q] such that

Hλ/μ(n;q)[∣λ/μ∣]q!=a(q)b(q),a(−1)∈Z≥0.\frac{H_{\lambda/\mu}(n;q)}{[\lvert\lambda/\mu\rvert]_q!}=\frac{a(q)}{b(q)},\qquad a(-1)\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq0}.

The conjecture is based on experimental evidence and concerns the normalized expression even when it is not polynomial. The supplied text gives no proof or resolution.

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Primary source

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

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