Atom-positivity conjecture for row division of key polynomials

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Let α\alpha be a composition, and let κα\kappa_\alpha denote the key polynomial indexed by α\alpha. Let rowDiv⁡k\operatorname{\mathtt{rowDiv}}_k be the row operator. A polynomial is atom-positive if it is a non-negative integer linear combination of atom polynomials AβA_\beta.

Atom-positivity conjecture. The row operator applied to a key polynomial is atom-positive:

rowDiv⁡k(κα)=∑βcα,βAβ,cα,β∈Z≥0.\operatorname{\mathtt{rowDiv}}_k(\kappa_\alpha)=\sum_\beta c_{\alpha,\beta}A_\beta,\qquad c_{\alpha,\beta}\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}.

The source gives an example whose key-polynomial expansion becomes atom-positive, providing evidence for the claim. No proof or resolution is supplied in the given text.

References

Primary source

Per Alexandersson and Lilan Dai, “Partition division maps, symmetric functions and positivity”, arXiv:2604.25440 (2026).

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