Enumeration conjecture for nondegenerate hypermatrices avoiding a plane partition

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In the format 2×(k+1)×k2\times (k+1)\times k, let Δ=Δ1,(k1)\Delta=\Delta_{1,(k-1)} and let P=λ,μP=\langle\lambda,\mu\rangle be a plane partition with PΔP\subseteq\Delta, where λ\lambda and μ\mu are integer partitions of format (k+1)×k(k+1)\times k. A hypermatrix respects PP when it satisfies the avoidance condition specified by the paper.

Enumeration conjecture. The number of nondegenerate 2×(k+1)×k2\times (k+1)\times k hypermatrices over Fq\mathbb{F}_q which respect PP is

qk2(q1)2k[k+1λ1]q[kλ2]q[2λk]q[kμ1]q[(k1)μ2]q[1μk]q.q^{k^2}(q-1)^{2k}[k+1-\lambda_1]_q[k-\lambda_2]_q\cdots[2-\lambda_k]_q\cdot[k-\mu_1]_q[(k-1)-\mu_2]_q\cdots[1-\mu_k]_q.

This conjecture gives the proposed enumeration of nondegenerate hypermatrices avoiding the plane partition PP; its resolution is not specified in the supplied text.

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Brandon Koprowski and Joel Brewster Lewis, “Enumeration of Nondegenerate 2 (k+1) k Hypermatrices”, arXiv:2602.22129 (2026).

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