Young-subgroup positivity conjecture for Boolean matroid Chow rings

Let M\mathcal{M} be a Boolean matroid of rank nn, let Sn\mathfrak{S}_n act on its Chow ring, and let FYi\mathrm{FY}^i denote the associated Sn\mathfrak{S}_n-set. For λ=(λ1,,λ)\lambda=(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_\ell), write

Sλ:=Sλ1×Sλ2××Sλ.\mathfrak{S}_\lambda:=\mathfrak{S}_{\lambda_1}\times\mathfrak{S}_{\lambda_2}\times\cdots\times\mathfrak{S}_{\lambda_\ell}.

Young-subgroup positivity conjecture. For ijki\leq j\leq k\leq\ell with i+=j+ki+\ell=j+k, the element

[FYj][FYk][FYi][FY]B(Sn)0[\mathrm{FY}^j][\mathrm{FY}^k]-[\mathrm{FY}^i][\mathrm{FY}^\ell]\geq_{B(\mathfrak{S}_n)}0

is a genuine permutation representation whose orbit stabilizers are all Young subgroups Sλ\mathfrak{S}_\lambda. This refines Burnside log-concavity for Boolean matroids by specifying the stabilizers occurring in the resulting permutation representation. It is presented as a conjectural strengthening suggested by the Boolean examples, while Burnside PF3PF_3 itself is known to fail even in rank 44.

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Robert Angarone, Anastasia Nathanson and Victor Reiner, “Chow Rings of Matroids as Permutation Representations”, arXiv:2309.14312 (2024).

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