Richards-Sahi conjecture

Let XX, YY, and ZZ be upward closed subsets of QnQ_n. It is conjectured that

2μ(XYZ)μ(X)μ(YZ)μ(Y)μ(XZ)μ(Z)μ(XY)+μ(X)μ(Y)μ(Z)02\mu(X\cap Y\cap Z)-\mu(X)\mu(Y\cap Z)-\mu(Y)\mu(X\cap Z)-\mu(Z)\mu(X\cap Y)+\mu(X)\mu(Y)\mu(Z)\ge 0

Notation: the poset QnQ_n is the power set of a set with nn elements, ordered by subset relation. A subfamily FF of sets is upward closed if whenever AFA\in F and ABA\subset B, also BFB\in F. Let μ\mu be the uniform probability measure on QnQ_n.

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[1] Richards, D. St P. {\it Algebraic method toward higher-order probability inequalities, II.} Annals of Prob. {\bf 32}, 1509–1544, 2004.

[2] Sahi, S. {\it Higher correlation inequalities.} Combinatorica {\bf 28} 22, 209-227, 2008.

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