Unimodality conjecture for atom counts in numerical power monoids

Let HH be a numerical monoid, and for k,lNk,l\in\mathbb N let αk,l(H)\alpha_{k,l}(H) be the number of kk-element atoms of Pfin,0(H)\mathcal P_{\mathrm{fin},0}(H) whose maximum is at most ll. Unimodality Conjecture. For every lNl\in\mathbb N, there is an index k0,lk\in\llbracket 0,l\rrbracket such that

α0,l(H)αk,l(H)\alpha_{0,l}(H)\le\cdots\le\alpha_{k,l}(H)

and

αk,l(H)αl,l(H).\alpha_{k,l}(H)\ge\cdots\ge\alpha_{l,l}(H).

Experiments are reported to support this unimodality assertion; the source does not state a proof or disproof.

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Primary source

Salvatore Tringali, “Power monoids and their arithmetic: a survey”, arXiv:2602.15754 (2026).

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