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Tail Positive Words and Generalized Coinvariant Algebras

Algebra · math.AC · math.GR · posed by Brendon Rhoades, Andrew Timothy Wilson · open

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There is an isomorphism of graded SnS_{n}-modules Rn,k,r≅Rn,k,r′R_{n,k,r}\cong R_{n,k,r}' .

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    Problem: For n,k,r∈Z≥0n,k,r\in\mathbb Z_{\ge0} with r≤nr\le n, let

    Pn=Q[x1,…,xn],P_n=\mathbb Q[x_1,\dots,x_n],

    with SnS_n acting by permutation of variables. Let hd,ed,pdh_d,e_d,p_d be the complete, elementary, and power-sum symmetric polynomials in x1,…,xnx_1,\dots,x_n. Define

    In,k,r:=⟨hk+1,…,hk+n,en,en−1,…,en−r+1⟩I_{n,k,r}:=\langle h_{k+1},\dots,h_{k+n},e_n,e_{n-1},\dots,e_{n-r+1}\rangle

    and

    In,k,r′:=⟨pk+1,…,pk+n,en,en−1,…,en−r+1⟩.I'_{n,k,r}:=\langle p_{k+1},\dots,p_{k+n},e_n,e_{n-1},\dots,e_{n-r+1}\rangle .

    Let

    Rn,k,r=Pn/In,k,r,Rn,k,r′=Pn/In,k,r′.R_{n,k,r}=P_n/I_{n,k,r},\qquad R'_{n,k,r}=P_n/I'_{n,k,r}.

    The reconstructed conjecture is: there is an isomorphism of graded SnS_n-modules

    Rn,k,r≅Rn,k,r′.R_{n,k,r}\cong R'_{n,k,r}.

    This is the intended formalization of Conjecture 5.1; the paper has a minor typographical slip where Rn,k,r′R'_{n,k,r} is momentarily written using In,k,rI_{n,k,r}, but the surrounding text says In,k,r′I'_{n,k,r} is obtained by replacing hdh_d by pdp_d.

    Result: The conjecture is true.

    Let Λn=PnSn=Q[e1,…,en]\Lambda_n=P_n^{S_n}=\mathbb Q[e_1,\dots,e_n]. Since In,k,rI_{n,k,r} and In,k,r′I'_{n,k,r} are generated by symmetric polynomials, they are extensions of homogeneous ideals J,J′⊆ΛnJ,J'\subseteq \Lambda_n. By the Chevalley decomposition,

    Pn≅Λn⊗HnP_n\cong \Lambda_n\otimes H_n

    as graded SnS_n-modules, where SnS_n acts trivially on Λn\Lambda_n. Hence

    Pn/JPn≅(Λn/J)⊗Hn,P_n/JP_n\cong (\Lambda_n/J)\otimes H_n,

    and similarly for J′J'. Therefore it suffices to show that Λn/J\Lambda_n/J and Λn/J′\Lambda_n/J' have the same Hilbert series.

    Put m=n−rm=n-r. Modding out by

    en,en−1,…,em+1e_n,e_{n-1},\dots,e_{m+1}

    identifies Λn/(em+1,…,en)\Lambda_n/(e_{m+1},\dots,e_n) with Λm=Q[e1,…,em]\Lambda_m=\mathbb Q[e_1,\dots,e_m]. Under this identification, hd(x1,…,xn)h_d(x_1,\dots,x_n) and pd(x1,…,xn)p_d(x_1,\dots,x_n) become the corresponding hd,pdh_d,p_d in mm variables. Thus

    Λn/J≅Λm/⟨hk+1,…,hk+n⟩,\Lambda_n/J\cong \Lambda_m/\langle h_{k+1},\dots,h_{k+n}\rangle, Λn/J′≅Λm/⟨pk+1,…,pk+n⟩.\Lambda_n/J'\cong \Lambda_m/\langle p_{k+1},\dots,p_{k+n}\rangle .

    In Λm\Lambda_m, the recurrences for complete functions and power sums imply that the later generators are redundant:

    ⟨hk+1,…,hk+n⟩=⟨hk+1,…,hk+m⟩,\langle h_{k+1},\dots,h_{k+n}\rangle=\langle h_{k+1},\dots,h_{k+m}\rangle, ⟨pk+1,…,pk+n⟩=⟨pk+1,…,pk+m⟩.\langle p_{k+1},\dots,p_{k+n}\rangle=\langle p_{k+1},\dots,p_{k+m}\rangle .

    Both sequences

    hk+1,…,hk+mandpk+1,…,pk+mh_{k+1},\dots,h_{k+m} \quad\text{and}\quad p_{k+1},\dots,p_{k+m}

    are homogeneous systems of parameters in Λm\Lambda_m. Indeed, over C\mathbb C, if hk+1=⋯=hk+m=0h_{k+1}=\cdots=h_{k+m}=0, then the sequence hdh_d has mm consecutive zero terms. Removing zero roots, it satisfies an invertible linear recurrence whose constant coefficient is nonzero; back-substitution forces h0=0h_0=0, contradiction. Hence all roots are zero. The same argument applies to pd=∑ixidp_d=\sum_i x_i^d: after grouping distinct nonzero roots, the power sums satisfy an invertible recurrence, and mm consecutive zero terms force p0=0p_0=0, contradiction unless all roots are zero.

    Thus both are regular sequences in the polynomial ring Λm\Lambda_m, with degrees

    k+1,k+2,…,k+m.k+1,k+2,\dots,k+m.

    Therefore both quotient Hilbert series equal

    ∏i=1m1−qk+i1−qi.\prod_{i=1}^{m}\frac{1-q^{k+i}}{1-q^i}.

    So Λn/J\Lambda_n/J and Λn/J′\Lambda_n/J' are isomorphic as graded vector spaces. Tensoring such a graded vector-space isomorphism with HnH_n gives a graded SnS_n-module isomorphism

    Rn,k,r≅Rn,k,r′.R_{n,k,r}\cong R'_{n,k,r}.

    The boundary cases are included: if r=nr=n, then m=0m=0 and both invariant quotients are Q\mathbb Q; if k=0k=0, both ideals give the ordinary coinvariant algebra.

    Citation: No exact prior resolution is cited here. The proof uses the standard Chevalley freeness/decomposition theorem for reflection groups: C. Chevalley, “Invariants of finite groups generated by reflections,” Amer. J. Math. 77 (1955), 778–782.

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    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE1

    PASS

    The claimed proof addresses the correct conjecture (with Rn,k,r′R'_{n,k,r} defined using the power-sum ideal, correcting the paper’s evident typo). The argument is mathematically sound: since both ideals are generated by symmetric polynomials, Chevalley freeness reduces the graded SnS_n-module comparison to Hilbert series of quotients of the invariant ring. After quotienting by em+1,…,ene_{m+1},\dots,e_n with m=n−rm=n-r, the problem becomes comparing the complete and power-sum sequences hk+1,…,hk+mh_{k+1},\dots,h_{k+m} and pk+1,…,pk+mp_{k+1},\dots,p_{k+m} in Λm\Lambda_m. The proof that both are homogeneous systems of parameters is valid, using the linear recurrences for hdh_d and pdp_d, so both quotients have the same complete-intersection Hilbert series. Tensoring with the coinvariant/harmonic factor gives the desired graded SnS_n-module isomorphism.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: The statement appears genuinely not to have been explicitly resolved in the literature, but its proof is an immediate application of standard invariant-theoretic freeness/Chevalley decomposition plus elementary complete-intersection Hilbert-series facts. It would be suitable as a short remark or correction to the original paper, not as a standalone combinatorics paper.

    Literature check: I found the original published paper, where Conjecture 5.1 is stated. Searches for the exact title, notation Rn,k,rR_{n,k,r}, Rn,k,r′R'_{n,k,r}, “power sum” variants, “Tail positive words,” related generalized coinvariant algebra papers, surveys, GitHub/forum-style sources, and later Delta-operator/generalized coinvariant literature did not reveal an explicit prior proof of this conjecture. Later surveys and related papers discuss nearby quotient rings and Delta conjecture geometry but not this exact isomorphism.

    The general mechanism used in the proof is standard: quotients by symmetric ideals decompose as the coinvariant/harmonic factor tensor the invariant-ring quotient, so the graded SnS_n-module type is controlled by a Hilbert series. Thus the result is new only as an observation about this specific conjecture.

    Citation: B. Rhoades and A. T. Wilson, “Tail Positive Words and Generalized Coinvariant Algebras,” Electron. J. Combin. 24(3) (2017), P3.21; arXiv:1704.02618. Standard background: C. Chevalley, “Invariants of finite groups generated by reflections,” Amer. J. Math. 77 (1955), 778–782.

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