Integrality and positivity conjecture for integral binomial coefficients of interpolation polynomials

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Let λ\lambda and μ\mu be partitions with λ⊇μ\lambda\supseteq\mu, and let BλμB_{\lambda\mu} denote the integral binomial coefficient for the interpolation-polynomial family F\mathcal F. Let I+\mathbb I^+ denote the semiring of polynomials with non-negative integer coefficients in the relevant parameter(s). Integrality and positivity conjecture. For the families F=AJ\mathcal F={A\mathrm{J}} and F=BJ\mathcal F={B\mathrm{J}}, the coefficient BλμB_{\lambda\mu} is a polynomial with non-negative integral coefficients in the parameter(s), so that Bλμ∈I+B_{\lambda\mu}\in\mathbb I^+. The adjacent coefficients are known to have this property, while the corresponding assertion for general binomial coefficients remains open.

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Hong Chen and Siddhartha Sahi, “Interpolation Polynomials, Binomial Coefficients, and Symmetric Function Inequalities”, arXiv:2403.02490 (2026).

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