Lam–Postnikov–Pylyavskyy conjecture on Schur positivity

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Let λ\lambda, μ\mu, λ\lambda', and μ\mu' be partitions in Zn\mathbb{Z}^n. For vectors x,yZnx,y\in\mathbb{Z}^n, define

Π(x,y)={zZn:min(xixj,yiyj)zizjmax(xixj,yiyj) for all 1i<jn}.\Pi(x,y)=\{z\in\mathbb{Z}^n:\min(x_i-x_j,y_i-y_j)\le z_i-z_j\le\max(x_i-x_j,y_i-y_j)\text{ for all }1\le i<j\le n\}.

A symmetric polynomial is Schur nonnegative if it is a nonnegative linear combination of Schur polynomials. Lam–Postnikov–Pylyavskyy's conjecture. If λ+μ=λ+μ\lambda'+\mu'=\lambda+\mu and λΠ(λ,μ)\lambda'\in\Pi(\lambda,\mu), then

sλsμsλsμs_{\lambda'}s_{\mu'}-s_{\lambda}s_{\mu}

is Schur nonnegative. The paper presents a proof using skeps and LL-log-concavity, so the conjecture is resolved.

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Primary source

David E Speyer, “L-log-concavity and a proof of the conjecture of Lam, Postnikov and Pylyavskyy”, arXiv:2601.05007 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2025–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2506.00349.

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