Doubly layered maximizer conjecture at the principal specialization q = -1

Let SnS_n be the symmetric group, let Φw\Phi_w denote the principal specialization of the Schubert polynomial at q=1q=-1, and let DLn\mathcal{DL}_n denote the set of doubly layered permutations. Define

u~(n):=maxwSnΦw,v~(n):=maxwDLnΦw.\widetilde{u}(n):=\max_{w\in S_n}\Phi_w,\qquad \widetilde{v}(n):=\max_{w\in\mathcal{DL}_n}\Phi_w.

Doubly layered maximizer conjecture. For every nn, all permutations reaching the maximum u~(n)\widetilde{u}(n) are doubly layered permutations. Thus, there is a limit

limnlog2u~(n)n2.\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{\log_2\widetilde{u}(n)}{n^2}.

The paper proves the corresponding asymptotic formula for the doubly layered maximum v~(n)\widetilde{v}(n), but the unrestricted maximization and the asserted limit remain open.

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Ningxin Zhang, “Principal specializations of Schubert polynomials, multi-layered permutations and asymptotics”, arXiv:2311.04487 (2023).

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