Odd-order off-diagonally symmetric alternating sign matrix product formula conjecture

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Let an off-diagonally symmetric alternating sign matrix (OSASM) be an alternating sign matrix invariant under reflection in the off-diagonal axis, and let nn be a nonnegative integer. Odd-order OSASM product formula conjecture. The number of (2n+1)×(2n+1)(2n+1)\times(2n+1) OSASMs is

OSASM(2n+1)=2n1(3n+2)!(2n+1)!i=1n(6i2)!(2n+2i+1)!.|\mathrm{OSASM}(2n+1)|=\frac{2^{n-1}(3n+2)!}{(2n+1)!}\prod_{i=1}^{n}\frac{(6i-2)!}{(2n+2i+1)!}.

The formula is conjectured because the relevant Pfaffians have not been evaluated in this case; the paper notes that the equivalent Pfaffian identity remains difficult to prove.

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Roger E. Behrend, Ilse Fischer and Christoph Koutschan, “Diagonally symmetric alternating sign matrices”, arXiv:2309.08446 (2023).

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