Strong tableau lower bound for q-chromatic coefficients

Let PP be a natural unit interval order with nn elements, let λn\lambda\vdash n, and let strongSTP(λ)\operatorname{strongST}_P(\lambda) be the set of strong standard PP-tableaux of shape λ\lambda. Let invP(T)\operatorname{inv}_P(T) denote the tableau inversion statistic. Strong tableau q-undercount conjecture. The polynomial

cλP(q)TstrongSTP(λ)qinvP(T)c_\lambda^P(q)-\sum_{T\in\operatorname{strongST}_P(\lambda)}q^{\operatorname{inv}_P(T)}

has non-negative integer coefficients. This conjecture provides a proposed combinatorial lower bound for the qq-elementary coefficient; the source reports verification for natural unit interval orders with at most 1010 elements.

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Isaiah Siegl, “Toward Lower Bounds for Chromatic Symmetric Functions in the Elementary Basis”, arXiv:2509.02841 (2026).

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