Zuber's two-matching polynomiality conjecture for FPL configurations

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Let XX and YY be two non-crossing matchings. Place them on the circle together with mm nested arches between them, and denote the resulting matching by X∪m∪YX\cup m\cup Y. Let λ(X)\lambda(X) and λ(Y)\lambda(Y) be the associated Ferrers diagrams, with sizes ∣λ(X)∣|\lambda(X)| and ∣λ(Y)∣|\lambda(Y)|, and let dim⁡(λ(X))\dim(\lambda(X)) and dim⁡(λ(Y))\dim(\lambda(Y)) denote the dimensions of the corresponding irreducible representations of the symmetric groups indexed by these diagrams. Let AX,Y(m)A_{X,Y}(m) be the number of fully packed loop configurations having X∪m∪YX\cup m\cup Y as their associated matching.

Zuber's conjecture. The number AX,Y(m)A_{X,Y}(m) is

AX,Y(m)=1∣λ(X)∣! ∣λ(Y)∣!PX,Y(m),A_{X,Y}(m)=\frac{1}{|\lambda(X)|!\,|\lambda(Y)|!}P_{X,Y}(m),

where PX,Y(m)P_{X,Y}(m) is a polynomial of degree ∣λ(X)∣+∣λ(Y)∣|\lambda(X)|+|\lambda(Y)| with integer coefficients, whose highest-degree coefficient is dim⁡(λ(X))⋅dim⁡(λ(Y))\dim(\lambda(X))\cdot\dim(\lambda(Y)).

This conjecture generalizes Zuber's first conjecture to nested arches placed between two matchings; the supplied text does not establish its resolution.

References

Primary source

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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