Positivity conjecture for even plane curve singularities

For m1m\geq 1 and d0d\geq 0, let R=R(2,2m)R=R^{(2,2m)}. Let NZRd(t)\mathit{NZ}_{R^d}(t) be the motivic numerator and NZ^R(t)\widehat{\mathit{NZ}}_R(t) its completed version. Positivity conjecture.

NZRd(t)N[L,t],NZ^R(t)N[[L1,t]].\mathit{NZ}_{R^d}(-t)\in\mathbb{N}[\mathbb{L},t],\qquad \widehat{\mathit{NZ}}_R(-t)\in\mathbb{N}[[\mathbb{L}^{-1},t]].

The conjecture is motivated by the contrast between the understood odd case and the mysterious even case, and by numerical data. No proof or disproof is given in the source.

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Primary source

Yifeng Huang and Ruofan Jiang, “Motivic Coh and Quot zeta functions of singular curves”, arXiv:2312.12528 (2025).

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