Finite-difference moment identities for elementary symmetric partition images

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Let P(n)\mathcal P(n) be the set of partitions of nn, let P[m,n]=⨄i=mnP(i)\mathcal P[m,n]=\biguplus_{i=m}^n\mathcal P(i), and let ImP⁡k[m,n]=⨄i=mnImP⁡k(i)\operatorname{ImP}_k[m,n]=\biguplus_{i=m}^n\operatorname{ImP}_k(i). Let mjm_j denote the jjth moment statistic and let Δ\Delta denote the finite-difference operator. Finite-difference moment conjecture. For n≥0n\ge0 and k≥2k\ge2,

Δk−1m4(ImP⁡k[n,n+1])=m2(P(n))+m4(P[n,n+1]),Δk−1m6(ImP⁡k(n))=m6(P(n))+m2(P(n−2))−m3(P(n−2)),Δk−1m6(ImP⁡k[n,n+1])=m3(P(n))+m6(P[n,n+1]),Δk−1m9(ImP⁡k[n,n+2])=m3(P(n))+m9(P[n,n+2]),Δk−1m10(ImP⁡k[n,n+1])=m5(P(n))+m10(P[n,n+1]),Δk−1mp(ImP⁡k(n))=mp(P(n)),\begin{aligned} \Delta^{k-1}m_4(\operatorname{ImP}_k[n,n+1])&=m_2(\mathcal P(n))+m_4(\mathcal P[n,n+1]),\\ \Delta^{k-1}m_6(\operatorname{ImP}_k(n))&=m_6(\mathcal P(n))+m_2(\mathcal P(n-2))-m_3(\mathcal P(n-2)),\\ \Delta^{k-1}m_6(\operatorname{ImP}_k[n,n+1])&=m_3(\mathcal P(n))+m_6(\mathcal P[n,n+1]),\\ \Delta^{k-1}m_9(\operatorname{ImP}_k[n,n+2])&=m_3(\mathcal P(n))+m_9(\mathcal P[n,n+2]),\\ \Delta^{k-1}m_{10}(\operatorname{ImP}_k[n,n+1])&=m_5(\mathcal P(n))+m_{10}(\mathcal P[n,n+1]),\\ \Delta^{k-1}m_p(\operatorname{ImP}_k(n))&=m_p(\mathcal P(n)), \end{aligned}

where the last equality holds for p=1p=1 or pp prime. These identities are proposed as a direction for future work, and the paper gives no resolution.

References

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Cristina Ballantine, George Beck, Mircea Merca and Bruce Sagan, “Elementary symmetric partitions”, arXiv:2409.11268 (2024).

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