Shifted bar tableau formulas for connective Schur functions

Let β\beta be a parameter, let β\beta-dependent skew functions jpνj\hspace{-0.2mm}p_{\nu} and jqνj\hspace{-0.2mm}q_{\nu} be indexed by strict partitions, and let μλ\mu\subseteq\lambda be strict partitions. A shifted bar tableau of shape λ/μ\lambda/\mu is a pair (V,Π)(V,\Pi) consisting of a semistandard shifted tableau VV and a partition Π\Pi of its boxes into adjacent same-entry bars; let ShBTQ(λ/μ){\rm ShBT}_Q(\lambda/\mu) be the set of all such tableaux and ShBTP(λ/μ){\rm ShBT}_P(\lambda/\mu) the subset whose underlying tableau has no primed diagonal entries. For T=(V,Π)T=(V,\Pi), write T=Π|T|=|\Pi| and xTx^T for the monomial recording the entries of its blocks. Shifted bar tableau conjecture. If μλ\mu\subseteq\lambda are strict partitions, then

jpλ/μ=TShBTP(λ/μ)(β)λ/μTxT,j\hspace{-0.2mm}p_{\lambda/\mu}=\sum_{T\in {\rm ShBT}_P(\lambda/\mu)}(-\beta)^{|\lambda/\mu|-|T|}x^T,

and

jqλ/μ=TShBTQ(λ/μ)(β)λ/μTxT.j\hspace{-0.2mm}q_{\lambda/\mu}=\sum_{T\in {\rm ShBT}_Q(\lambda/\mu)}(-\beta)^{|\lambda/\mu|-|T|}x^T.

The formula is presented as a new conjectural generating function and the source gives no resolution evidence; the authors note that proving it would suffice to handle the case μ=\mu=\emptyset.

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Primary source

Yu-Cheng Chiu and Eric Marberg, “Expanding K-theoretic Schur Q-functions”, arXiv:2111.08993 (2023).

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