Transpose-invariance and positivity conjectures for stable Schur expansions of degeneracy loci

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Let Σ,i\Sigma^\wedge_{\infty,i} and Σ,iS\Sigma^S_{\infty,i} denote the stable skew-symmetric and symmetric degeneracy loci, and write their Segre–Schwartz–MacPherson classes as formal Schur expansions λcλsλ\sum_\lambda c_\lambda s_\lambda, where λT\lambda^T is the transpose partition. Transpose-invariance and positivity conjectures. The Schur expansions of SSM(Σ,i)\operatorname{SSM}(\Sigma^\wedge_{\infty,i}) and SSM(Σ,iS)\operatorname{SSM}(\Sigma^S_{\infty,i}) are invariant under λλT\lambda\mapsto\lambda^T: the coefficients of sλs_\lambda and sλTs_{\lambda^T} are equal. Moreover, the Schur expansion of SSM(Σ,i)\operatorname{SSM}(\Sigma^\wedge_{\infty,i}) has non-negative coefficients, while the Schur expansion of SSM(Σ,2i)\operatorname{SSM}(\Sigma^\wedge_{\infty,2i}) has alternating coefficients. These patterns arise from computed stable expansions and remain conjectural in general.

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Sutipoj Promtapan and Richard Rimanyi, “Characteristic classes of symmetric and skew-symmetric degeneracy loci”, arXiv:1908.07373 (2019).

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