The Macdonald version of Stanley's positivity conjecture

Let Jλ(α,γ){\mathfrak J}^{(\alpha,\gamma)}_\lambda be the normalized Macdonald polynomial

Jλ(α,γ):=Jλ(q,t)(1t)λq=1+γα,t=1+γ,{\mathfrak J}^{(\alpha,\gamma)}_\lambda:=\left.\frac{J^{(q,t)}_\lambda}{(1-t)^{|\lambda|}}\right|_{q=1+\gamma\alpha,\,t=1+\gamma},

where α=1q1t\alpha=\frac{1-q}{1-t} and γ=t1\gamma=t-1. Let ,q,t\langle-,-\rangle_{q,t} denote the Macdonald scalar product.

Macdonald version of Stanley's conjecture. For any partitions λ,μ,ν\lambda,\mu,\nu, the quantity

Jλ(α,γ)Jμ(α,γ),Jν(α,γ)q,t\langle{\mathfrak J}^{(\alpha,\gamma)}_\lambda{\mathfrak J}^{(\alpha,\gamma)}_\mu,{\mathfrak J}^{(\alpha,\gamma)}_\nu\rangle_{q,t}

is a polynomial in α\alpha and γ\gamma with non-negative integer coefficients. This is proposed as a Macdonald deformation of Stanley's Jack-case conjecture, and the supplied text gives no resolution evidence.

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Primary source

Houcine Ben Dali and Michele D'Adderio, “Macdonald characters from a new formula for Macdonald polynomials”, arXiv:2404.03904 (2026).

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