Conjecture on Robbins numbers from an amalgamation of Riordan arrays

For two Riordan arrays A=(an,k)A=(a_{n,k}) and B=(bn,k)B=(b_{n,k}), define their amalgamation A⨿B=(tn,k)A\amalg B=(t_{n,k}) by

tn,k={an,nkif kn,bk,knotherwise.t_{n,k}=\begin{cases}a_{n,n-k}&\text{if }k\leq n,\\ b_{k,k-n}&\text{otherwise}.\end{cases}

Consider

(1x1x+x2,x1x)⨿(1x1x+x2,x1x).\left(\frac{1-x}{1-x+x^2},\frac{x}{1-x}\right)\amalg\left(\frac{1-x}{1-x+x^2},\frac{-x}{1-x}\right).

Robbins-number amalgamation conjecture. The principal minor sequence of this amalgamation is the sequence of Robbins numbers.

This is a second formulation of the preceding Robbins-number claim, using Riordan arrays and principal minors; the source supplies no resolution.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Paul Barry, “Centered polygon numbers, heptagons and nonagons, and the Robbins numbers”, arXiv:2104.01644 (2021).

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