Representation-valued concavity conjecture for stable symmetric-group representations

Let S=d0SdS_{\infty}=\bigcup_{d\geq0}S_d, and let Rep(S)\operatorname{Rep}(S_{\infty}) be its category of algebraic representations. Its simple objects are Vλ[]V_{\lambda[\infty]}, indexed by partitions λ\lambda, and

gˉλμν=[Vλ[]Vμ[]:Vν[]].\bar g_{\lambda\mu}^{\nu}=[V_{\lambda[\infty]}\otimes V_{\mu[\infty]}:V_{\nu[\infty]}].

Write XYX\geq Y in the Grothendieck ring K(Rep(S))\operatorname{K}(\operatorname{Rep}(S_{\infty})) when XYX-Y is a nonnegative combination of simple objects. Define

V:PRep(S),λVλ[].V:\mathcal P\longrightarrow\operatorname{Rep}(S_{\infty}),\qquad\lambda\longmapsto V_{\lambda[\infty]}.

Representation-valued concavity conjecture. The function VV is concave under tensor multiplication: whenever (λ+μ)/2(\lambda+\mu)/2 is a partition,

Vλ+μ2[]2Vλ[]Vμ[]V_{\frac{\lambda+\mu}{2}[\infty]}^{\otimes2}\geq V_{\lambda[\infty]}\otimes V_{\mu[\infty]}

in K(Rep(S))\operatorname{K}(\operatorname{Rep}(S_{\infty})). This categorifies the preceding coefficient inequality and is intended to explain the disappearance of negative terms after stabilization; its general validity remains open.

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Tao Gui, “Conjectures on the reduced Kronecker coefficients”, arXiv:2210.14668 (2026).

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