The nonvanishing conjecture for Schur Eisenstein transition coefficients

Let νλ\nu\subseteq\lambda be partitions, let dλ(ν)d_\lambda(\nu) be the corresponding transition coefficient, and let FλνF_{\lambda\nu} be the associated element of the symmetric-function algebra. Let Φβ\Phi_\beta be the specialization determined by the renormalized Schur multiple zeta values. Transition-coefficient nonvanishing conjecture. For every pair of partitions νλ\nu\subseteq\lambda,

dλ(ν)0,equivalentlyΦβ(Fλν)0.d_\lambda(\nu)\neq0,\qquad\text{equivalently}\qquad \Phi_\beta(F_{\lambda\nu})\neq0.

For straight shapes, computations suggest that the necessary support condition is sufficient; the conjecture asserts that the full β\beta-weighted sum does not vanish, even when individual terms in its factorization can vanish.

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Henrik Bachmann and Jinbo Yu, “Schur Eisenstein series and Schur MacMahon series”, arXiv:2607.27702 (2026).

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