Positivity conjecture for Sylow branching coefficients of powers of two

Let kNk\in\mathbb{N} and let λ2k\lambda\vdash 2^k. Write l(λ)l(\lambda) for the number of parts of λ\lambda, let λl(λ)\lambda_{l(\lambda)} be its smallest part, and let ZλZ^\lambda be the Sylow branching coefficient defined in the source. Sylow branching positivity conjecture. If λl(λ)2\lambda_{l(\lambda)}\ge 2, then

Zλ>0Z^\lambda>0

unless λ=(5,3)\lambda=(5,3), or k3k\ge 3 and λ=(3,3,22k13)\lambda=(3,3,2^{2^{k-1}-3}). This conjecture gives a proposed classification of the exceptional zero Sylow branching coefficients in the stated family; the source does not report a resolution.

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Stacey Law and Yuji Okitani, “On plethysms and Sylow branching coefficients”, arXiv:2110.14552 (2022).

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