The pairwise symmetrization inequality for Rayleigh partition functions

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

z(e)z(f)z(ef)Z~120.z(e)z(f)-z(ef)\widetilde Z^{12}\geq0.

This is described as a simpler and stronger sufficient conjecture for the preceding averaged inequality, hence for the symmetrization conjecture; it remains open.

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

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