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ENUMERATION OF STANDARD BARELY SET-VALUED TABLEAUX OF SHIFTED SHAPES

Combinatorics · math.CO · posed by Jang Soo Kim, Michael J. Schlosser, Meesue Yoo · open

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Let λ\lambda be a Young diagram. Then [∅,λ][\emptyset, \lambda] has the CDE property if and only if λ\lambda is balanced (of any slope).

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    Problem: Reconstructed statement: in ordinary Young’s lattice, for a partition/Young diagram λ\lambda, the lower interval

    [∅,λ]={μ:μ⊆λ}[\varnothing,\lambda]=\{\mu:\mu\subseteq\lambda\}

    has the CDE property iff λ\lambda is balanced. Here CDE means the uniform expected down-degree equals the maximal-chain-weighted expected down-degree. For λ=(λ1,…,λb)\lambda=(\lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_b), balanced of slope b/λ1b/\lambda_1 means that every addable-corner point (λi,b−i+1)(\lambda_i,b-i+1), for λi−1>λi\lambda_{i-1}>\lambda_i, lies on the diagonal from (0,0)(0,0) to (λ1,b)(\lambda_1,b).

    This is the statement quoted as Conjecture 1.2 in the supplied metadata and matches the definitions in the paper.

    Result: The conjecture is false. A counterexample is

    λ=(18,7,6).\lambda=(18,7,6).

    It is not balanced: here a=λ1=18a=\lambda_1=18, b=3b=3, and the diagonal has equation y=x/6y=x/6. Since λ1>λ2\lambda_1>\lambda_2, the addable corner at row 22 gives the point

    (λ2,b−2+1)=(7,2),(\lambda_2,b-2+1)=(7,2),

    but 2≠7/62\ne 7/6. Equivalently,

    bλ2=3⋅7=21≠36=18⋅2=a(b−2+1).b\lambda_2=3\cdot 7=21\ne 36=18\cdot 2=a(b-2+1).

    Now compute the two expectations.

    Every μ⊆(18,7,6)\mu\subseteq(18,7,6) is a triple (x,y,z)(x,y,z) with

    18≥x≥y≥z≥0,y≤7, z≤6.18\ge x\ge y\ge z\ge0,\qquad y\le7,\ z\le6.

    Thus

    ∣[∅,λ]∣=∑z=06∑y=z7(19−y)=504.|[\varnothing,\lambda]| =\sum_{z=0}^6\sum_{y=z}^7(19-y)=504.

    For μ=(x,y,z)\mu=(x,y,z),

    \ddeg(μ)=1x>y+1y>z+1z>0.\ddeg(\mu)=\mathbf 1_{x>y}+\mathbf 1_{y>z}+\mathbf 1_{z>0}.

    Hence

    ∑\ddeg(μ)=∑z=06∑y=z7(18−y)+∑z=06∑y=z+17(19−y)+∑z=16∑y=z7(19−y)=469+392+380=1241.\sum \ddeg(\mu) = \sum_{z=0}^6\sum_{y=z}^7(18-y) + \sum_{z=0}^6\sum_{y=z+1}^7(19-y) + \sum_{z=1}^6\sum_{y=z}^7(19-y) =469+392+380=1241.

    So

    E(X)=1241504.\mathbb E(X)=\frac{1241}{504}.

    For the chain-weighted expectation, using the Reiner–Tenner–Yong barely-set-valued tableau formula together with the hook-length formula gives

    E(Y)=∑k:λk<λk−1λkfλ+ek(∣λ∣+1)fλ.\mathbb E(Y) =\sum_{k:\lambda_k<\lambda_{k-1}} \frac{\lambda_k f^{\lambda+e_k}}{(|\lambda|+1)f^\lambda}.

    For λ=(18,7,6)\lambda=(18,7,6), the three terms are

    182113121514=195196,\frac{18}{21}\frac{13}{12}\frac{15}{14}=\frac{195}{196}, 79111232=7772,\frac{7}{9}\frac{11}{12}\frac32=\frac{77}{72}, 67131412=3998.\frac67\frac{13}{14}\frac12=\frac{39}{98}.

    Therefore

    E(Y)=195196+7772+3998=1241504.\mathbb E(Y)=\frac{195}{196}+\frac{77}{72}+\frac{39}{98} =\frac{1241}{504}.

    Thus [∅,(18,7,6)][\varnothing,(18,7,6)] has the CDE property but (18,7,6)(18,7,6) is not balanced. This directly disproves the “only if” direction.

    Verification audit: the shape is an ordinary finite Young diagram, not a degenerate case; the uniform expectation was computed by exact enumeration of all subpartitions; the chain expectation uses the standard RTY formula valid for all partitions; and the conclusion exactly contradicts the conjectured iff statement.

    Citation: The counterexample above is not taken from a known disproof. The chain-expectation formula used is from Reiner–Tenner–Yong, “Poset edge densities, nearly reduced words, and barely set-valued tableaux,” JCTA 158 (2018), Cor. 3.7 and 3.11, combined with the Frame–Robinson–Thrall hook-length formula.

  2. Read by a language model on #1 · not a proof

    model says: correctGPT-5.5 xhigh (SMD judge 1)

    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE2

    PASS

    The counterexample addresses the correct conjecture. The shape (18,7,6)(18,7,6) is not balanced, and the uniform down-degree computation over all 504504 subpartitions gives 1241/5041241/504. The chain-weighted expectation computed via the standard barely-set-valued tableaux / hook-length formula also gives

    195/196+77/72+39/98=1241/504.195/196+77/72+39/98=1241/504.

    Thus the interval is CDE although the shape is not balanced, disproving the “only if” direction. I found no prior stronger published disproof in the available searches.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE2

    Classification rationale: This is a genuine counterexample to an explicitly stated recent conjectural classification of CDE lower intervals in Young’s lattice. The proof is short and computational/arithmetic, so it is not top-journal level, but refuting a published conjecture likely merits at least a short standalone note in a standard combinatorics venue.

    Literature check: I found no prior source containing this counterexample or another disproof. Searches covered the exact conjecture wording, “CDE property” + “Young’s lattice” + “balanced,” “balanced (of any slope),” “barely set-valued tableaux,” and numerical fingerprints such as (18,7,6)(18,7,6) and 1241/5041241/504. Semantic Scholar and arXiv-related searches mainly return the original Kim–Schlosser–Yoo paper, the Reiner–Tenner–Yong CDE/barely-set-valued-tableaux paper, Hopkins’s minuscule-lattice work, and later related q-enumeration work, none of which gives the converse or a counterexample. GitHub/forum-style searches for the exact phrases and example also found nothing.

    Citation: J. S. Kim, M. J. Schlosser, M. Yoo, “Enumeration of standard barely set-valued tableaux of shifted shapes,” arXiv:2006.03253, Conjecture 1.2. Background: Reiner–Tenner–Yong, JCTA 158 (2018), 66–125.

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