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HALL-LITTLEWOOD ANALOGS IN THE Q-FUNCTION ALGEBRA

Combinatorics · math.CO · posed by GEANINA TUDOSE, MICHAEL ZABROCKI · open

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If r is an integer that is not a part in either partitions λ\lambda or μ\mu , then Lλ+(r),μ+(r)(q)≥Lλμ(q).L_{\lambda+(r),\mu+(r)}(q)\geq L_{\lambda \mu}(q).

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  1. exploration by a model · #1

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    Problem: In the Schur QQ-function algebra Γ\Gamma, let

    Gμ[X;q]=∑λLλμ(q)Qλ[X]G_\mu[X;q]=\sum_\lambda L_{\lambda\mu}(q)Q_\lambda[X]

    define the QQ-Kostka polynomials, where λ,μ\lambda,\mu are strict partitions. The conjecture says: if r∈Z>0r\in\mathbb Z_{>0} is not a part of either strict partition λ,μ\lambda,\mu, then, coefficientwise,

    Lλ∪(r), μ∪(r)(q)≥Lλμ(q).L_{\lambda\cup(r),\,\mu\cup(r)}(q)\ge L_{\lambda\mu}(q).

    This is the natural reconstruction because the paper states that all partitions in this section are strict, and the condition “rr is not a part” ensures adjoining rr preserves strictness.

    Result: The conjecture is false.

    Take

    λ=(7,2),μ=(4,3,2),r=1.\lambda=(7,2),\qquad \mu=(4,3,2),\qquad r=1.

    Then 11 is not a part of either λ\lambda or μ\mu, and

    λ∪(1)=(7,2,1),μ∪(1)=(4,3,2,1).\lambda\cup(1)=(7,2,1),\qquad \mu\cup(1)=(4,3,2,1).

    Using the Morris-type recurrence for QQ-Kostka polynomials from Tudose–Zabrocki, together with the two-row formula

    Lν,(a,b)(q)={1,ν=(a,b),2q n(a,b)−n(ν),ν>(a,b),L_{\nu,(a,b)}(q)= \begin{cases} 1,&\nu=(a,b),\\ 2q^{\,n(a,b)-n(\nu)},&\nu>(a,b), \end{cases}

    one obtains

    L(7,2),(4,3,2)(q)=2q3+8q4+4q5,L_{(7,2),(4,3,2)}(q)=2q^3+8q^4+4q^5,

    while

    L(7,2,1),(4,3,2,1)(q)=2q3+4q4+12q5+8q6.L_{(7,2,1),(4,3,2,1)}(q) =2q^3+4q^4+12q^5+8q^6.

    Therefore

    L(7,2,1),(4,3,2,1)(q)−L(7,2),(4,3,2)(q)=−4q4+8q5+8q6,L_{(7,2,1),(4,3,2,1)}(q)-L_{(7,2),(4,3,2)}(q) =-4q^4+8q^5+8q^6,

    which has a negative coefficient. Hence the proposed coefficientwise inequality fails.

    Audit: the counterexample uses strict partitions of equal size, r=1>0r=1>0 is absent from both, and the conclusion fails exactly in the stated coefficientwise sense.

    Citation: Definitions and recurrence: Geanina Tudose and Michael Zabrocki, “A qq-analog of Schur’s QQ-functions,” arXiv:math/0203046. No prior published disproof is being invoked here.

  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 KNOWN

    PASS

    The counterexample attacks the correct “adjoin a new part rr” statement: r=1r=1 is absent from both strict partitions. The displayed QQ-Kostka polynomials are consistent with the Tudose–Zabrocki recurrence, and their difference has coefficient −4-4 at q4q^4, so the coefficientwise inequality fails. A related later stability result uses a different operation, not adjoining a part, so it does not make this disproof known.

    Novelty assessment

    KNOWN

    Classification rationale: The counterexample is not a new computation: Tudose–Zabrocki’s own online companion material already tabulates Gλ[X;q]G_\lambda[X;q] through degree 10, including the needed G(4,3,2,1)G_{(4,3,2,1)} expansion, while their paper/degree-9 table includes the G(4,3,2)G_{(4,3,2)} data. These tabulated coefficients directly contain the two polynomials used in the proposed disproof. I did not find a source explicitly saying “Conjecture 9 is false,” but the complete tabulated data is a stronger pre-existing computational reference.

    Literature check: I checked the original arXiv paper, the FPSAC extended abstract, the authors’ companion webpage with tables/Maple code/posets, later Q-Kostka work by Jiang–Jing–Liu, and related spin Kostka work by Wan–Wang and Jing–Liu. The 2023 “stability” result concerns increasing the first part, not adjoining a new part, so it is not the conjecture here. No explicit later disproof surfaced in searches, but the authors’ 2002 online degree-10 tables already contain the counterexample data.

    Citation: Geanina Tudose and Michael Zabrocki, “A qq-analog of Schur’s QQ-functions,” arXiv:math/0203046; companion webpage “A q-analog of Schur’s Q-functions,” especially “Tables of Gλ[X;q]G_\lambda[X;q] for n=3n=3 through 1010” and Maple page qSchurQ.html, https://garsia.math.yorku.ca/~zabrocki/posets/

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