Shifted-binomial log-concavity conjecture for Plücker coefficients

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Let λ=(2e2,,mem)\lambda=(2^{e_2},\ldots,m^{e_m}) be a partition without parts equal to 11, and set

N:=λ,M:=λ~,N:=|\lambda|,\qquad M:=|\widetilde\lambda|,

where λ~\widetilde\lambda is obtained by subtracting 11 from each part. Write the Plücker expansion

[Yλ(d)]=M/2iMPλ;i(d)si,Mi.[\overline Y_\lambda(d)]=\sum_{\lceil M/2\rceil\le i\le M}P_{\lambda;i}(d)s_{i,M-i}.

Set d=N+xd=N+x, define Qλ;i(x):=Pλ;i(N+x)Q_{\lambda;i}(x):=P_{\lambda;i}(N+x), and expand

Qλ;i(x)=r0Cλ;i,r(xr).Q_{\lambda;i}(x)=\sum_{r\ge0}C_{\lambda;i,r}\binom xr.

Shifted-binomial log-concavity conjecture. For every partition λ\lambda without parts equal to 11, and every admissible index ii, the sequence (Cλ;i,0,Cλ;i,1,Cλ;i,2,)(C_{\lambda;i,0},C_{\lambda;i,1},C_{\lambda;i,2},\ldots) is nonnegative and log-concave. Equivalently, Cλ;i,r0C_{\lambda;i,r}\ge0 and

Cλ;i,r2Cλ;i,r1Cλ;i,r+1,C_{\lambda;i,r}^2\ge C_{\lambda;i,r-1}C_{\lambda;i,r+1},

with Cλ;i,r=0C_{\lambda;i,r}=0 outside the degree range of Qλ;iQ_{\lambda;i}. The conjecture concerns a shifted binomial refinement of positivity and log-concavity for Plücker coefficients; the source gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Gergely Bérczi and László M. Fehér, “Positivity in classical enumerative geometry: a case study in synchronized AI-assisted mathematics”, arXiv:2605.25271 (2026).

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