Injectivity of pairwise products of partition parts

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For a partition λ=(λ1,…,λℓ)\lambda=(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_\ell), let pre⁡2(λ)\operatorname{pre}_2(\lambda) be the partition whose parts are the products λiλk\lambda_i\lambda_k for 1≤i<k≤ℓ1\leq i<k\leq\ell. Pairwise-product injectivity conjecture. If λ\lambda and μ\mu are partitions of nn for some n≥0n\geq0, then

pre⁡2(λ)=pre⁡2(μ)⟺λ=μ.\operatorname{pre}_2(\lambda)=\operatorname{pre}_2(\mu)\quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad\lambda=\mu.

This injectivity would imply the first odd-part dominance inequality above. It is presented as conjectural, with no resolution given in the source.

References

Primary source

Cristina Ballantine, George Beck and Mircea Merca, “Partitions and elementary symmetric polynomials – an experimental approach”, arXiv:2408.13346 (2024).

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