Unimodality conjecture for the two-variable Shi distance enumerator

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Let Distn(k,ℓ)\mathsf{Dist}_n(k,\ell) denote the number of regions of the Shi hyperplane arrangement having the statistics indexed by kk and ℓ\ell. For fixed nn and kk, consider the sequence obtained by varying ℓ\ell.

Unimodality conjecture. For fixed n,kn,k, the numbers Distn(k,ℓ)\mathsf{Dist}_n(k,\ell) as ℓ\ell increases are unimodal.

This conjecture concerns the coefficient distribution of the two-variable refinement of the Shi arrangement's distance enumerator. The supplied text does not state whether the conjecture is known or resolved.

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Sivaramakrishnan Sivasubramanian, “Interpreting the two variable Distance enumerator of the Shi hyperplane arrangement”, arXiv:math/0610780 (2006).

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