Uniqueness conjecture for the six-permutation quasirandom-forcing combination

Let ρ\rho^* be the quasirandom-forcing linear combination of six permutations

ρ:=123+321+2143+3412+12(2413+3142).\rho^*:={\small \text{\tt{123}}}+{\small \text{\tt{321}}}+{\small \text{\tt{2143}}}+{\small \text{\tt{3412}}}+\frac{1}{2}\left({\small \text{\tt{2413}}}+{\small \text{\tt{3142}}}\right).

A linear combination is quasirandom-forcing if it has the quasirandomness-forcing property studied in the paper. Uniqueness conjecture. If ρ\rho is a quasirandom-forcing linear combination of six permutations, then

ρ=cρ\rho=c\cdot\rho^*

for some cRc\in\mathbb{R}. The paper exhibits ρ\rho^* and proves that no positive linear combination of five or fewer permutations is quasirandom-forcing, but does not establish uniqueness or address the conjecture for arbitrary six-term combinations beyond the stated question for future study.

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Gabriel Crudele, Peter Dukes and Jonathan A. Noel, “Six Permutation Patterns Force Quasirandomness”, arXiv:2303.04776 (2024).

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