The window positivity conjecture for Jack Littlewood–Richardson coefficients

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Let μ⊂λ\mu\subset\lambda satisfy λ/ν⊂R\lambda/\nu\subset R, where RR is a window. Let Fμ,RλF_{\mu,R}^{\lambda} be the window factor and define

jλ,R=∏b∈λ∩RhλU(b)hλL(b).j_{\lambda,R}=\prod_{b\in\lambda\cap R}h^U_\lambda(b)h^L_\lambda(b).

Window positivity conjecture. The window factor accounts for all boxes outside RR in the positivity expression, namely

gμνλ(Fμ,Rλ)−1jλ,R∈Z≥0[α].g_{\mu\nu}^{\lambda}\left(F_{\mu,R}^{\lambda}\right)^{-1}j_{\lambda,R}\in\mathbb Z_{\geq0}[\alpha].

This sharpens Stanley's positivity conjecture by localizing the contribution of the window complement. It is proposed conjecturally and supported by examples in the paper.

References

Primary source

Ryan Mickler, “The Stanley Conjecture Revisited”, arXiv:2401.01582 (2025).

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