The hook-restricted Schur expansion conjecture for the nabla operator

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Let nn be a positive integer, let abla abla be the \nabla operator on symmetric functions, and let ene_n and sμs_{\mu} denote the elementary and Schur symmetric functions, respectively. For a partition μ⊢n\mu\vdash n, write SYT⁡(μ)\operatorname{SYT}(\mu) for the set of standard Young tableaux of shape μ\mu, and for τ∈SYT⁡(μ)\tau\in\operatorname{SYT}(\mu) let maj⁡(τ)\operatorname{maj}(\tau) and des⁡(τ)\operatorname{des}(\tau) denote its major index and descent number. Let sa,b(q,t)s_{a,b}(q,t) denote the corresponding two-variable Schur function, and let ⟨∇(en),sμ⟩∣hooks⁡\left.\langle\nabla(e_n),s_{\mu}\rangle\right|_{\operatorname{hooks}} denote the hook-restricted part of the scalar product. The hook-restricted Schur expansion conjecture. For all μ⊢n\mu\vdash n,

⟨∇(en),sμ⟩∣hooks⁡=∑τ∈SYT⁡(μ)smaj⁡(τ)(q,t)+∑i=2des⁡(τ)smaj⁡(τ)−i,1(q,t).\left.\langle\nabla(e_n),s_{\mu}\rangle\right|_{\operatorname{hooks}}=\sum_{\tau\in\operatorname{SYT}(\mu)}s_{\operatorname{maj}(\tau)}(q,t)+\sum_{i=2}^{\operatorname{des}(\tau)}s_{\operatorname{maj}(\tau)-i,1}(q,t).

The formula has been established in the preceding argument for the cases treated there, and the authors state that they conjecture it for all partitions μ\mu when m=1m=1. They also note that the analogous assertion is false for m>1m>1.

References

Primary source

Nancy Wallace, “Toward a Schurification of Parking Function Formulas via bijections with Young Tableaux”, arXiv:2003.00062 (2020).

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