Shifted Schur Q-function lattice positivity conjecture

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Let λ/μ\lambda/\mu and ν/ρ\nu/\rho be skew shifted shapes. For partitions, define componentwise operations

λ∨ν=(max⁡(λ1,ν1),max⁡(λ2,ν2),…),λ∧ν=(min⁡(λ1,ν1),min⁡(λ2,ν2),…),\lambda\vee\nu=({\rm \max}(\lambda_1,\nu_1),{\rm \max}(\lambda_2,\nu_2),\ldots),\qquad \lambda\wedge\nu=(\min(\lambda_1,\nu_1),\min(\lambda_2,\nu_2),\ldots),

and extend them to skew shifted shapes by (λ/μ)∨(ν/ρ)=(λ∨ν)/(μ∨ρ)(\lambda/\mu)\vee(\nu/\rho)=(\lambda\vee\nu)/(\mu\vee\rho) and (λ/μ)∧(ν/ρ)=(λ∧ν)/(μ∧ρ)(\lambda/\mu)\wedge(\nu/\rho)=(\lambda\wedge\nu)/(\mu\wedge\rho). Shifted Schur QQ-function lattice positivity conjecture. The difference

Q(λ/μ)∨(ν/ρ)Q(λ/μ)∧(ν/ρ)−Qλ/μQν/ρQ_{(\lambda/\mu)\vee(\nu/\rho)}Q_{(\lambda/\mu)\wedge(\nu/\rho)}-Q_{\lambda/\mu}Q_{\nu/\rho}

is a non-negative combination of Schur QQ-functions. The source notes that the analogous difference is already known to be a nonnegative sum of peak functions, while this stronger Schur QQ-positivity assertion remains conjectural.

References

Primary source

Thomas Lam and Pavlo Pylyavskyy, “Temperley-Lieb pfaffinants and Schur Q-positivity conjectures”, arXiv:math/0612842 (2006).

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