Nonnegative SEM expansion conjecture for Schubert polynomials

Let ww be a permutation, let Sw\mathfrak{S}_w denote its Schubert polynomial, and consider its expansion in the SEM basis. A polynomial is a single SEM if it is one basis element of this expansion. Nonnegative SEM expansion conjecture. The SEM expansion of Sw\mathfrak{S}_w has all nonnegative coefficients only when Sw\mathfrak{S}_w is a single SEM. The preceding argument proves that violating the stated Lehmer-code rules prevents a Schubert polynomial from being a single SEM; the stronger nonnegativity assertion is presented as a conjectural extension and is not resolved here.

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Dora Woodruff, “Single-SEM Schubert Polynomials”, arXiv:2503.03903 (2025).

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