Okounkov's log-concavity conjecture for Littlewood–Richardson coefficients

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Let cμ,νλc_{\mu, \nu}^{\lambda} denote the Littlewood–Richardson coefficient associated to partitions λ\lambda, μ\mu, and ν\nu. For a partition α\alpha and a positive integer NN, let NαN\alpha denote the partition obtained by multiplying every part of α\alpha by NN. Okounkov's log-concavity conjecture. Let λ,μ,ν\lambda, \mu, \nu be three partitions. Then

c(N+1)μ,(N+1)ν(N+1)λ⋅c(N−1)μ,(N−1)ν(N−1)λ≤(cNμ,NνNλ)2,c_{(N+1)\mu, (N+1)\nu}^{(N+1)\lambda} \cdot c_{(N-1)\mu, (N-1)\nu}^{(N-1)\lambda} \leq (c_{N\mu, N\nu}^{N\lambda})^2,

for every integer N≥1N \geq 1. This is a proposed log-concavity property for Littlewood–Richardson coefficients; the supplied source does not establish its general validity, and the paper's title indicates that counterexamples are constructed.

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Primary source

Calin Chindris, Harm Derksen and Jerzy Weyman, “Counterexamples to Okounkov's Log-Concavity Conjecture”, arXiv:math/0610819 (2007).

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