Zuber's polynomiality conjecture for FPL configurations with nested arches

Let XX be a fixed non-crossing matching with nmn-m arches, and let XmX\cup m be the matching obtained from XX by adding mm nested arches. Let AX(m)A_X(m) denote the number of fully packed loop configurations having XmX\cup m as their associated matching. Associate to XX a Ferrers diagram λ(X)\lambda(X), and write λ(X)|\lambda(X)| for its size and dim(λ(X))\dim(\lambda(X)) for the dimension of the irreducible representation of the symmetric group Sλ(X)S_{|\lambda(X)|} indexed by it.

Zuber's conjecture. The number AX(m)A_X(m) is

AX(m)=1X!PX(m),A_X(m)=\frac{1}{|X|!}P_X(m),

where PX(m)P_X(m) is a polynomial of degree λ(X)|\lambda(X)| with integer coefficients, whose highest-degree coefficient is dim(λ(X))\dim(\lambda(X)).

This conjecture gives a precise form of the expected polynomial dependence on the number of added nested arches; the supplied text does not establish its resolution.

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Fabrizio Caselli, Christian Krattenthaler, Bodo Lass and Philippe Nadeau, “On the number of fully packed loop configurations with a fixed associated matching”, arXiv:math/0502392 (2005).

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