The averaged symmetrization inequality for Rayleigh partition functions

Let Z(ω;y)Z(\omega;\mathbf y) be Rayleigh, and let Z~\widetilde Z be its symmetrization. For each eEe\in E and each pair {e,f}E\{e,f\}\subseteq E, use the auxiliary quantities z(e)z(e) and z(ef)z(ef) defined from the symmetrized derivatives in the source. Averaged symmetrization inequality. For every y>0\mathbf y>\boldsymbol 0,

{e,f}E(z(e)z(f)z(ef)Z~12)0.\sum_{\{e,f\}\subseteq E}\bigl(z(e)z(f)-z(ef)\widetilde Z^{12}\bigr)\geq0.

The inequality is presented as a sufficient condition for the symmetrization conjecture and is not proved in the paper.

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David G. Wagner, “Negatively correlated random variables and Mason's conjecture”, arXiv:math/0602648 (2006).

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