Gaetz–Pierson non-negativity conjecture for increasing-pattern coefficients

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Let v=12…kv=12\dots k be the increasing permutation pattern, let N12…kN_{12\dots k} count occurrences of this pattern in permutations, and let ch⁡n(RN12…k)\operatorname{ch}_n(RN_{12\dots k}) denote its Schur expansion. For a fixed partition λ\lambda, write λ[n]\lambda[n] for the associated partition indexing the Schur function sλ[n]s_{\lambda[n]}. Gaetz–Pierson's conjecture. The coefficient of sλ[n]s_{\lambda[n]} in

ch⁡n(RN12…k)\operatorname{ch}_n(RN_{12\dots k})

is non-negative. This conjecture extends the known non-negativity results for the coefficients indexed by (n−2,1,1)(n-2,1,1) and (n−2,2)(n-2,2) in the increasing-pattern case.

References

Primary source

Zachary Hamaker and Brendon Rhoades, “Partial permutations and character evaluations”, arXiv:2503.17552 (2025).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2022–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2310.18798, arXiv:2206.06567.

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