Smooth Schubert enumeration conjecture for signed permutations

Let SnBS_n^B be the group of signed permutations of size nn, and let GAV⁡n({3412,4231})\operatorname{GAV}_n(\{3412,4231\}) denote the signed permutations in SnBS_n^B that globally avoid the patterns 34123412 and 42314231. Smooth Schubert varieties in type A are indexed by permutations avoiding 34123412 and 42314231.

Smooth Schubert enumeration conjecture. The number of signed permutations in SnBS_n^B that simultaneously index smooth Schubert varieties in types B and C is equal to the number of permutations in Sn+1S_{n+1} that index a smooth type-A Schubert variety; equivalently,

∣GAV⁡n({3412,4231})∣=∣{w∈Sn+1:w avoids {3412,4231}}∣.\left|\operatorname{GAV}_n(\{3412,4231\})\right| =\left|\{w\in S_{n+1}:w\text{ avoids }\{3412,4231\}\}\right|.

The conjecture is motivated by computations for small nn and predicts an equality between a type-B/C signed-permutation enumeration and the classical type-A smooth-Schubert enumeration. Its status is unresolved in the supplied source.

References

Primary source

Owen John Levens, Joel Brewster Lewis and Bridget Eileen Tenner, “Global patterns in signed permutations”, arXiv:2504.13108 (2025).

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