The k-Schur involution conjecture

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Let λ\lambda be a kk-bounded partition, meaning that its largest part is at most kk. Let λωk\lambda^{\omega_k} denote its kk-conjugate, and let ω\omega be the usual involution on symmetric functions. The kk-Schur involution conjecture. For every kk-bounded partition λ\lambda,

ω sλ(k)[X]=sλωk(k)[X].\omega\,s_\lambda^{(k)}[X]=s_{\lambda^{\omega_k}}^{(k)}[X].

The claim generalizes the usual identity ωsλ=sλ′\omega s_\lambda=s_{\lambda'}; it is proved in the text when the maximum hook length of λ\lambda is at most kk, but remains unproved in general in the supplied passage.

References

Primary source

L. Lapointe and J. Morse, “Schur function analogs for a filtration of the symmetric function space”, arXiv:math/0111192 (2001).

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