The stable Grothendieck Lam–Postnikov–Pylyavskyy inequality

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Let λ\lambda and μ\mu be partitions, and let G~λ(x)\widetilde G_\lambda(\mathbf x) denote the stable Grothendieck polynomial. Write λ∨μ\lambda\vee\mu and λ∧μ\lambda\wedge\mu for the join and meet of the two partitions, and interpret ≤G~\leq_{\widetilde G} as the stable Grothendieck positivity order. Stable Grothendieck LPP inequality.

G~λ(x)G~μ(x)≤G~G~λ∨μ(x)G~λ∧μ(x).\widetilde G_\lambda(\mathbf x)\widetilde G_\mu(\mathbf x) \leq_{\widetilde G} \widetilde G_{\lambda\vee\mu}(\mathbf x)\widetilde G_{\lambda\wedge\mu}(\mathbf x).

This is the Grassmannian specialization of the vexillary Grothendieck inequality and was previously predicted by Thomas and Yong. It remains open.

References

Primary source

Peter L. Guo, Mingyang Kang and Jiaji Liu, “A Lam–Postnikov–Pylyavskyy inequality for hybrid Grothendieck polynomials”, arXiv:2607.03116 (2026).

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