Symmetric joint distribution of inversion and major-index statistics on colored derangements

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Let Gc,nG_{c,n} be the group of colored derangements, and let inv~\widetilde{inv} and fmajfmaj denote the statistics on Gc,nG_{c,n}. For indeterminates qq and tt, Symmetry conjecture. The statistic inv~\widetilde{inv} has a symmetric joint distribution with fmajfmaj over Gc,nG_{c,n}; equivalently,

πGc,ntinv~(π)qfmaj(π)=πGc,nqinv~(π)tfmaj(π).\sum_{\pi \in G_{c,n}}t^{\widetilde{inv}(\pi)}q^{fmaj(\pi)}=\sum_{\pi \in G_{c,n}}q^{\widetilde{inv}(\pi)}t^{fmaj(\pi)}.

The conjecture is computationally confirmed for every group Gc,nG_{c,n} with 1c71 \leq c \leq 7 and n=2n=2, as well as for G3,3G_{3,3} and G4,3G_{4,3}; its general validity remains open.

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Hasan Arslan, Moussa Ahmia and Nazmiye Alemdar, “Signed Mahonian Polynomials on Colored Derangements”, arXiv:2512.02404 (2026).

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