Positive asymptotic fraction below the b-loading threshold

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Let P(n)\mathcal P(n) be the set of partitions of nn, let tP(n)3\mathbf t\in\mathcal P(n)^3, and let g(t)g(\mathbf t) denote the corresponding Kronecker coefficient. Define

b=min{b(t):g(t)=0, tP(n)3}.b_{\star}=\min\{b(\mathbf t):g(\mathbf t)=0,\ \mathbf t\in\mathcal P(n)^3\}.

Let FnF_n be the fraction of triples tP(n)3\mathbf t\in\mathcal P(n)^3 satisfying b(t)<bb(\mathbf t)<b_{\star}. Positive-threshold fraction conjecture. The fraction FnF_n has a nonzero infimum limit as nn\rightarrow\infty. Since b(t)<bb(\mathbf t)<b_{\star} implies g(t)0g(\mathbf t)\neq0, this would show that a positive asymptotic fraction of triples is certified to have nonzero Kronecker coefficient by the bb-loading threshold. The claim is supported by numerical data, including approximately 31.8%31.8\% of triples for n=20n=20, but no asymptotic proof is provided.

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Michael R. Douglas and Kyu-Hwan Lee, “Mathematical Data Science”, arXiv:2502.08620 (2025).

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