The Lorentzian conjecture for weight multiplicities of \mathfrak{sl}_m-modules

Let Λ\Lambda be the integral weight lattice of slm(C)\mathfrak{sl}_m(\mathbb{C}), let V(λ)\mathrm{V}(\lambda) be the irreducible module with highest weight λ\lambda, and let V(λ)μ\mathrm{V}(\lambda)_\mu denote its μ\mu-weight space. For distinct i,j[m]i,j\in[m], set μ(i,j)=μ+eiej\mu(i,j)=\mu+e_i-e_j. Weight-multiplicity conjecture. For every λ,μΛ\lambda,\mu\in\Lambda,

(dimV(λ)μ)2dimV(λ)μ(i,j)dimV(λ)μ(j,i).(\dim \mathrm{V}(\lambda)_\mu)^2\geq \dim \mathrm{V}(\lambda)_{\mu(i,j)}\dim \mathrm{V}(\lambda)_{\mu(j,i)}.

This asserts log-concavity of weight multiplicities along root directions. The source presents it as a conjectural strengthening beyond the established finite-dimensional special cases.

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June Huh, Jacob P. Matherne, Karola Mészáros and Avery St. Dizier, “Logarithmic concavity of Schur and related polynomials”, arXiv:1906.09633 (2019).

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