Jack-parameter monotonicity in the Jack semiring

Let λ\lambda and μ\mu be partitions, and let JCσ(R0)\mathcal J_C^\sigma(\mathbb R_{\geqslant0}) be the Jack cone generated by normalized Jack differences with parameter σ\sigma. Fix 0στ0\leqslant\sigma\leqslant\tau\leqslant\infty. Jack-semiring conjecture. If λ\lambda majorizes μ\mu, then

Pλ(x;τ)Pλ(1;τ)Pμ(x;τ)Pμ(1;τ)JCσ(R0).\frac{P_\lambda(x;\tau)}{P_\lambda(\bm1;\tau)}-\frac{P_\mu(x;\tau)}{P_\mu(\bm1;\tau)}\in\mathcal J_C^\sigma(\mathbb R_{\geqslant0}).

This predicts positivity at parameter τ\tau in the cone generated at every smaller parameter σ\sigma; the supplied text gives no general resolution.

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Hong Chen, Apoorva Khare and Siddhartha Sahi, “Majorization via positivity of Jack and Macdonald polynomial differences”, arXiv:2509.19649 (2026).

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