Shifted Fomin–Fulton–Li–Poon Schur Q-positivity conjecture

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For two shifted shapes λ\lambda and μ\mu, let λ∪μ\lambda\cup\mu be the partition obtained by rearranging all parts of λ\lambda and μ\mu in weakly decreasing order, and write

λ∪μ=(ν1,ν2,ν3,…).\lambda\cup\mu=(\nu_1,\nu_2,\nu_3,\ldots).

Define sort1(λ,μ)=(ν1,ν3,ν5,…)\mathrm{sort}_1(\lambda,\mu)=(\nu_1,\nu_3,\nu_5,\ldots) and sort2(λ,μ)=(ν2,ν4,ν6,…)\mathrm{sort}_2(\lambda,\mu)=(\nu_2,\nu_4,\nu_6,\ldots). Shifted Fomin–Fulton–Li–Poon conjecture. The difference

Qsort1(λ,μ)Qsort2(λ,μ)−QλQμQ_{\mathrm{sort}_1(\lambda,\mu)}Q_{\mathrm{sort}_2(\lambda,\mu)}-Q_\lambda Q_\mu

is a nonnegative linear combination of Schur QQ-functions. The claim is presented as the shifted analogue of a Schur-function positivity theorem and is not resolved in the source.

References

Primary source

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

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