Narayana refinement conjecture for the sets An{\cal A}_n

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Suppose that n≥2n\ge 2, and let DnkD_{nk} be the number of elements of An{\cal A}_n for which equality holds for kk of the relevant inequalities. Let N(n,k)N(n,k) denote the Narayana number

N(n,k)=1n(nk)(nk−1).N(n,k)=\frac{1}{n}\binom{n}{k}\binom{n}{k-1}.

Narayana refinement conjecture. The number DnkD_{nk} is divisible by

∏i=0n−31i+1(2ii),\prod_{i=0}^{n-3}\frac{1}{i+1}\binom{2i}{i},

and the quotient is the Narayana number N(n−2,k)N(n-2,k).

This is presented as a stronger combinatorial refinement of the volume conjecture, classifying the elements of An{\cal A}_n by the number of equalities they satisfy. The paper states that it has not been proved.

References

Primary source

Clara S. Chan, David P. Robbins and David S. Yuen, “On the volume of a certain polytope”, arXiv:math/9810154 (1998).

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