Positivity conjecture for Chern–Schwartz–MacPherson classes of Schubert cells

Let α{\underline\alpha} be a partition indexing a Schubert variety S(α){\mathbb{S}}({\underline\alpha}) and its Schubert cell S(α){\mathbb{S}}({\underline\alpha})^\circ. Write the Chern–Schwartz–MacPherson class in the Schubert basis as

cSM(S(α))=βαγα,β[S(β)].c_{\text{SM}}({\mathbb{S}}({\underline\alpha})^\circ)=\sum_{{\underline\beta}\leq {\underline\alpha}}\gamma_{{\underline\alpha},{\underline\beta}}[{\mathbb{S}}({\underline\beta})].

Positivity conjecture. For all α{\underline\alpha}, cSM(S(α))A(S(α))c_{\text{SM}}({\mathbb{S}}({\underline\alpha})^\circ)\in A_*({\mathbb{S}}({\underline\alpha})) is represented by an effective cycle. Equivalently, the coefficients γα,β\gamma_{{\underline\alpha},{\underline\beta}} are nonnegative for all βα{\underline\beta}\leq {\underline\alpha}. Substantial computer experimentation suggests this positivity, but the source gives no proof or resolution of the conjecture.

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Primary source

Paolo Aluffi and Leonardo Constantin Mihalcea, “Chern classes of Schubert cells and varieties”, arXiv:math/0607752 (2006).

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