Bergeron–Garsia–Haiman–Tesler Conjecture II on nabla and modified Hall–Littlewood polynomials

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Let λ\lambda and μ\mu be partitions, let H~μ[X;0,t]\widetilde{H}_{\mu}[X;0,t] be the modified Hall–Littlewood polynomial obtained by specializing the modified Macdonald polynomial at q=0q=0, and let ∇\nabla denote the nabla operator. Write ℓ(μ)\ell(\mu) for the number of parts of μ\mu and take the scalar product with the Schur function sλs_{\lambda}. Bergeron–Garsia–Haiman–Tesler's Conjecture II. For any partitions λ\lambda and μ\mu,

⟨(−1)∣μ∣−ℓ(μ)∇H~μ[X;0,t],sλ⟩∈N[q,t].\left\langle(-1)^{|\mu|-\ell(\mu)}\nabla \widetilde{H}_{\mu}[X;0,t],s_{\lambda}\right\rangle\in\mathbb{N}[q,t].

This asserts Schur positivity for the specified signed nabla transform. The conjecture was posed by Bergeron, Garsia, Haiman, and Tesler; the supplied source does not establish whether it has been resolved.

References

Primary source

Menghao Qu, “Schur positivity of the nabla operator on two-column modified Hall–Littlewood polynomials”, arXiv:2605.20954 (2026).

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