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 λμ\lambda\vee\mu and λμ\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~λμ(x)G~λμ(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.

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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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