Jack polynomial weak-dominance conjecture

Let λ\lambda and μ\mu be partitions, and let Pλ(x;τ)P_\lambda(x;\tau) denote the Jack polynomial in nn variables. For τ0[0,]\tau_0\in[0,\infty], consider x[1,)nx\in[1,\infty)^n and the coefficient ring F0R\mathbb F_{\geqslant0}^{\mathbb R} defined by

F0R={f/gf(τ)R0[τ], gZ0[τ]{0}}.\mathbb F_{\geqslant0}^{\mathbb R}=\{f/g\mid f(\tau)\in\mathbb R_{\geqslant0}[\tau],\ g\in\mathbb Z_{\geqslant0}[\tau]\setminus\{0\}\}.

Jack polynomial weak-dominance conjecture. The following statements are equivalent: λ\lambda weakly dominates μ\mu; for x[1,)nx\in[1,\infty)^n,

Pλ(x;τ)Pλ(1;τ)Pμ(x;τ)Pμ(1;τ)F0R;\frac{P_\lambda(x;\tau)}{P_\lambda(\bm1;\tau)}-\frac{P_\mu(x;\tau)}{P_\mu(\bm1;\tau)}\in\mathbb F_{\geqslant0}^{\mathbb R};

and, for x[1,)nx\in[1,\infty)^n,

Pλ(x;τ0)Pλ(1;τ0)Pμ(x;τ0)Pμ(1;τ0)0.\frac{P_\lambda(x;\tau_0)}{P_\lambda(\bm1;\tau_0)}-\frac{P_\mu(x;\tau_0)}{P_\mu(\bm1;\tau_0)}\geqslant0.

This is the Jack-polynomial analogue of the preceding weak-dominance inequalities for Schur and related symmetric polynomials; the supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Hong Chen and Siddhartha Sahi, “Monotonicity for generalized binomial coefficients and Jack positivity”, arXiv:2508.05759 (2025).

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