Refined h-positivity conjecture for equivalence classes of heaps

Let PP be a natural unit interval order on [n][n], let μNn\mu\in\mathbb{N}^n, and let H(P,μ)/\mathcal{H}(P,\mu)/\sim be the set of equivalence classes of heaps. For an equivalence class [H][H], write

K[H](x)=H[H]KH(x).K_{[H]}(\mathbf{x})=\sum_{H'\in[H]}K_{H'}(\mathbf{x}).

Here hh-positive means having a nonnegative expansion in the complete homogeneous symmetric-function basis, and ee-positive means having a nonnegative expansion in the elementary basis. Refined h-positivity conjecture. For every [H]H(P,μ)/[H]\in\mathcal{H}(P,\mu)/\sim, K[H](x)K_{[H]}(\mathbf{x}) is hh-positive. In particular, XP(x,q;μ)X_P(\mathbf{x},q;\mu) is ee-positive. This refines the ee-positivity conjecture by seeking positivity for each equivalence-class contribution; the source gives no resolution.

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Byung-Hak Hwang, “Chromatic quasisymmetric functions and noncommutative P-symmetric functions”, arXiv:2208.09857 (2024).

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