Lam–Postnikov–Pylyavskyy alcoved-polytope Schur-order conjecture

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Let ρ,μ,ν,δ\rho,\mu,\nu,\delta be partitions, and let χλ\chi_\lambda denote the corresponding SLn\operatorname{SL}_n character. Suppose

μ+ν=ρ+δ\mu+\nu=\rho+\delta

and that μ\mu and ν\nu belong to the minimal alcoved polytope containing ρ\rho and δ\delta. Write AsBA\geqslant_s B when ABA-B is Schur positive. Lam–Postnikov–Pylyavskyy conjecture. Under these conditions,

χμχνsχρχδ.\chi_\mu\chi_\nu\geqslant_s\chi_\rho\chi_\delta.

The source attributes this to an unpublished conjecture of Lam, Postnikov, and Pylyavskyy; it also states that the corresponding symmetric-function conjecture implies a linear-progression strong Schur-log-concavity claim. No resolution is given.

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Álvaro Gutiérrez and Christian Krattenthaler, “Schur log-concavity and the quantum Pascal triangle”, arXiv:2509.22648 (2025).

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