Even-order off-diagonally symmetric alternating sign matrix generating-function symmetry conjecture

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Let X2nO(r,t)X^{\mathrm O}_{2n}(r,t) be the even-order OSASM generating function, and let tˉ\bar t denote the parameter appearing in the source's generating-function notation. For an OSASM AA, let R(A)R(A) and T(A)T(A) denote the statistics used to define this generating function. Even-order OSASM symmetry conjecture. The generating function satisfies

X2nO(r,t)=t2n+2X2nO(r,tˉ).X^{\mathrm O}_{2n}(r,t)=t^{2n+2}X^{\mathrm O}_{2n}(r,\bar t).

Equivalently, for every ρ\rho and τ\tau,

{AOSASM(2n):R(A)=ρ, T(A)=τ}={AOSASM(2n):R(A)=ρ, T(A)=2n+2τ}.|\{A\in\mathrm{OSASM}(2n):R(A)=\rho,\ T(A)=\tau\}| = |\{A\in\mathrm{OSASM}(2n):R(A)=\rho,\ T(A)=2n+2-\tau\}|.

The conjecture also asserts the coefficient identity

[t3]X2nO(r,t)=[t2n1]X2nO(r,t)=r((n2)r2+1)X2n2O(r,1).[t^3]X^{\mathrm O}_{2n}(r,t)=[t^{2n-1}]X^{\mathrm O}_{2n}(r,t)=r\bigl((n-2)r^2+1\bigr)X^{\mathrm O}_{2n-2}(r,1).

These claims describe a proposed symmetry of the refined enumeration of even-order OSASMs; the paper presents them as conjectural and supplies no proof.

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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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