Semigroup conjecture for matrix Schubert coefficient supports

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Fix a permutation ww, and let

Fw:={(λ‾∣μ‾)∣cλ‾∣μ‾w≠0}.{\mathcal F}_w:=\{(\underline\lambda|\underline\mu)\mid c^w_{\underline\lambda|\underline\mu}\neq 0\}.

Here λ‾\underline\lambda and μ‾\underline\mu are partition-tuples and cλ‾∣μ‾wc^w_{\underline\lambda|\underline\mu} is the associated coefficient. Semigroup conjecture. The set Fw{\mathcal F}_w is a semigroup: if

cλ‾∣μ‾w≠0andcλ‾′∣μ‾′w≠0,c^w_{\underline\lambda|\underline\mu}\neq 0\quad\text{and}\quad c^w_{\underline\lambda'|\underline\mu'}\neq 0,

then

cλ‾+λ‾′∣μ‾+μ‾′w≠0.c^w_{\underline\lambda+\underline\lambda'|\underline\mu+\underline\mu'}\neq 0.

For Littlewood–Richardson coefficients this follows from the polytopal rule, and the property has been computationally verified in the finite cases listed in the source. Its validity in general remains open.

References

Primary source

Abigail Price, Ada Stelzer and Alexander Yong, “Representations from matrix varieties, and filtered RSK”, arXiv:2403.09938 (2025).

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