Bapat–Sunder positive-definite-function conjecture

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Let Sn\mathcal{S}_n be the symmetric group and let c:Sn→Cc:\mathcal{S}_n\to\mathbb{C} satisfy

∑σ,τ∈Snx(τ)‾ c(στ−1) x(σ)⩾0\sum_{\sigma,\tau\in\mathcal{S}_n}\overline{x(\tau)}\,c(\sigma\tau^{-1})\,x(\sigma)\geqslant0

for every complex-valued function xx on Sn\mathcal{S}_n. For A=[ai,j]∈HnA=[a_{i,j}]\in{\cal H}_n, Bapat–Sunder's reformulated conjecture.

c(1n)perA⩾∑σ∈Snc(σ)∏i=1nai,σ(i).c({\bf1}_n)\mathop{\rm per} A\geqslant\sum_{\sigma\in\mathcal{S}_n}c(\sigma)\prod_{i=1}^n a_{i,\sigma(i)}.

It is equivalent to the Schur power matrix conjecture and is therefore refuted by the counterexamples described in the source.

References

Primary source

Ian M. Wanless, “Lieb's permanental dominance conjecture”, arXiv:2202.01867 (2022).

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