Woo–Billey–Weed conjecture on low-degree Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomials

Let w∈Snw\in S_n, let Pid,w(q)P_{\mathrm{id},w}(q) be the Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomial, and let ms⁡(w)\operatorname{ms}(w) denote the set of permutations indexing the irreducible components of the singular locus of the Schubert variety XwX_w. Woo–Billey–Weed's conjecture.

  1. If Pid,w(1)≤3P_{\mathrm{id},w}(1)\leq 3, then ∣ms⁡(w)∣≤3|\operatorname{ms}(w)|\leq 3.
  2. If Pid,w(1)=3P_{\mathrm{id},w}(1)=3 and ∣ms⁡(w)∣=1|\operatorname{ms}(w)|=1, then Pid,w(q)=1+qa+qbP_{\mathrm{id},w}(q)=1+q^a+q^b for some 0<a<b0<a<b.
  3. If Pid,w(1)=3P_{\mathrm{id},w}(1)=3 and ∣ms⁡(w)∣=2|\operatorname{ms}(w)|=2, then Pid,w(q)=1+qa+qbP_{\mathrm{id},w}(q)=1+q^a+q^b for some 0<a<b0<a<b.
  4. If Pid,w(1)=3P_{\mathrm{id},w}(1)=3 and ∣ms⁡(w)∣=3|\operatorname{ms}(w)|=3, then Pid,w(q)=1+2qaP_{\mathrm{id},w}(q)=1+2q^a for some 0<a0<a.

The conjecture had been tested through S8S_8 according to the supplied context, and the source presents it among open problems in Kazhdan–Lusztig theory.

References

Primary source

Sara C. Billey, Yibo Gao and Brendan Pawlowski, “Introduction to the Cohomology of the Flag Variety”, arXiv:2506.21064 (2025).

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