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arxiv: 1310.2930 · v1 · pith:OOOUPUCVnew · submitted 2013-10-10 · 🧮 math.CO

Schur-positivity in a Square

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Determining if a symmetric function is Schur-positive is a prevalent and, in general, a notoriously difficult problem. In this paper we study the Schur-positivity of a family of symmetric functions. Given a partition \lambda, we denote by \lambda^c its complement in a square partition (m^m). We conjecture a Schur-positivity criterion for symmetric functions of the form s_{\mu'}s_{\mu^c}-s_{\lambda'}s_{\lambda^c}, where \lambda is a partition of weight |\mu|-1 contained in \mu and the complement of \mu is taken in the same square partition as the complement of \lambda. We prove the conjecture in many cases.

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