Conjectured enumeration formula for 20-vertex configurations and Aztec-triangle domino tilings

For each n1n\geq 1, let Zn20VZ^{20V}_n denote the total number of 20-vertex configurations with DWBC3 boundary conditions on the quadrangle Qn{\mathcal Q}_n, and let ZnDTZ^{DT}_n denote the total number of 2×12\times 1 domino tilings of the Aztec triangle Tn{\mathcal T}_n. Enumeration conjecture. The two numbers coincide and are given by

Zn20V=ZnDT=2n(n1)/2i=0n1(4i+2)!(n+2i+1)!.Z^{20V}_n=Z^{DT}_n=2^{n(n-1)/2}\prod_{i=0}^{n-1}\frac{(4i+2)!}{(n+2i+1)!}.

The formula is presented as conjectural in the concluding discussion and is supported there by numerical data; the supplied paper proves the corresponding identity for the cases k=1,2,3k=1,2,3, but does not establish this exact product formula in general.

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Philippe Di Francesco, “Twenty Vertex model and domino tilings of the Aztec triangle”, arXiv:2102.02920 (2021).

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