Knop–Sahi positivity conjecture for normalized interpolation polynomials

Let δ=(n1,,1,0)\delta=(n-1,\ldots,1,0), let rr be a parameter with α=1/r\alpha=1/r, and let PλrδP_{\lambda }^{r\delta } be the interpolation polynomial indexed by a partition λ\lambda. Define

Jλrδ=(1)λcλ(α)Pλrδ(x),J_{\lambda }^{r\delta}=(-1)^{|\lambda|}c_{\lambda}(\alpha)P_{\lambda}^{r\delta}(-x),

where cλ(α)c_{\lambda}(\alpha) is the Jack normalization factor, and write

Jλrδ=μαμλaλ,μ(α)mμ.J_{\lambda }^{r\delta}=\sum_{\mu}\alpha^{|\mu|-|\lambda|}a_{\lambda,\mu}(\alpha)m_{\mu}.

Knop–Sahi positivity conjecture. The coefficients satisfy

aλ,μ(α)N0[α].a_{\lambda,\mu}(\alpha)\in\mathbb{N}_0[\alpha].

This conjecture generalizes Macdonald's positivity conjecture from Jack polynomials to interpolation polynomials. The paper's abstract states that the Knop–Sahi conjecture is proved, so the conjecture is now a theorem.

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Yusra Naqvi, Siddhartha Sahi and Emily Sergel, “Interpolation polynomials, bar monomials, and their positivity”, arXiv:2104.08598 (2021).

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