Schur non-positivity conjecture for products of two chains

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For positive integers mm and nn, let m×n\mathbf m\times\mathbf n be the product of two chains, and let inc(m×n)\operatorname{inc}(\mathbf m\times\mathbf n) denote its incomparability graph. A graph is Schur positive when its chromatic symmetric function is a nonnegative linear combination of Schur functions. Schur non-positivity conjecture. If n2n\geq2 and m8m\geq8, or if n3n\geq3 and mn+5m\geq n+5, then inc(m×n)\operatorname{inc}(\mathbf m\times\mathbf n) is not Schur positive. The paper proves broad families of non-Schur-positive products and gives computational evidence for the remaining ranges covered by this conjecture.

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Grace M. X. Li, Dun Qiu, Arthur L. B. Yang and Zhong-Xue Zhang, “Stanley's conjecture on the Schur positivity of distributive lattices”, arXiv:2408.13127 (2024).

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