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 XmYX\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 XmYX\cup m\cup Y as their associated matching.

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

AX,Y(m)=1λ(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.

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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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