The tile-structure conjecture for Prim polynomials

Fix integers nn and pp. A tile is a tuple (cout,cin,v,ε)(c_{\mathrm{out}},c_{\mathrm{in}},v,\varepsilon), where coutc_{\mathrm{out}} and cinc_{\mathrm{in}} are carry values, v=(a1,,an)v=(a_1,\ldots,a_n) is an integer vector, and ε\varepsilon is an integer coefficient. Write Fisv(Ti)F^i s_{v(T_i)} for the ii-fold Frobenius transform of the Schur character indexed by v(Ti)v(T_i), and let the zero tile be (0,0,(0,,0),1)(0,0,(0,\ldots,0),1).

Tile-structure conjecture. For fixed nn and pp, there is a finite list of valid tiles such that Prim(d)\mathrm{Prim}(d) is the sum

T0,T1,iε(Ti)Fisv(Ti),\sum_{T_0,T_1,\ldots}\prod_i\varepsilon(T_i)F^i s_{v(T_i)},

where all but finitely many tiles are zero, cout(Ti)=cin(Ti+1)c_{\mathrm{out}}(T_i)=c_{\mathrm{in}}(T_{i+1}), cin(T0)=ENDc_{\mathrm{in}}(T_0)=\mathrm{END}, and

ijpiaj(Ti)=2d2.\sum_i\sum_j p^i a_j(T_i)=2d-2.

The conjecture abstracts the observed tile descriptions for even-carry and Nim polynomials. It is supported by computed examples, but the source does not provide a general construction or proof.

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Primary source

Evan M. O'Dorney, “Even-carry polynomials and cohomology of line bundles on the incidence correspondence in positive characteristic”, arXiv:2404.04166 (2026).

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