Bergeron–Garsia–Haiman–Tesler Conjecture III on nabla, omega, and Hall–Littlewood polynomials

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Let λ\lambda and μ\mu be partitions, let H~μ[X;0,t−1]\widetilde{H}_{\mu}[X;0,t^{-1}] be the modified Hall–Littlewood polynomial specialized at q=0q=0, let ∇\nabla be the nabla operator, and let ω\omega be the standard involution on symmetric functions. A symmetric function is Schur positive when its Schur expansion has coefficients in N[t]\mathbb{N}[t]. Bergeron–Garsia–Haiman–Tesler's Conjecture III. For any partition μ\mu, ∇ωH~μ[X;0,t−1]\nabla\omega\widetilde{H}_{\mu}[X;0,t^{-1}] is Schur positive. Moreover, if μ⊵λ\mu\unrhd\lambda in dominance order, then

∇ωH~μ[X;0,t−1]−∇ωH~λ[X;0,t−1]\nabla\omega\widetilde{H}_{\mu}[X;0,t^{-1}]-\nabla\omega\widetilde{H}_{\lambda}[X;0,t^{-1}]

is also Schur positive. 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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