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Unital versions of the higher order peak algebras

Algebra · math.AC · math.CO · posed by Marcelo Aguiar, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Jean-Yves Thibon · open

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If r is odd, a basis of MR♯MR^{\sharp} will be parametrized by colored compositions such that parts of color 0 are not ≡0 mod r\equiv 0 \bmod r and parts of color 1 are arbitrary. The Hilbert series is then Hr(t)=1−tr1−2(t+t2+⋯+tr).H_{r}(t)=\frac{1-t^{r}}{1-2\left(t+t^{2}+\cdots +t^{r}\right)}. If r is even, there is the extra condition that parts of color 1 are not ≡r/2 mod r\equiv r/2 \bmod r . The Hilbert series is then Hr(t)=1−tr1−2(t+t2+⋯+tr)+tr/2.H_{r}(t)=\frac{1-t^{r}}{1-2\left(t+t^{2}+\cdots +t^{r}\right)+t^{r/2}}.

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    Problem: Reconstructed statement: let q∈Cq\in\mathbb C be a primitive rr-th root of unity and let \MR=C⟨Sn,Sˉn:n≥1⟩\MR=\mathbb C\langle S_n,\bar S_n:n\ge1\rangle, graded by deg⁡Sn=deg⁡Sˉn=n\deg S_n=\deg\bar S_n=n. Define

    F♯=F∗σ1(A−qAˉ),\MR♯=Im⁡(♯).F^\sharp=F*\sigma_1(A-q\bar A),\qquad \MR^\sharp=\operatorname{Im}(\sharp).

    Put Sn+=Sn+SˉnS_n^+=S_n+\bar S_n, Sn−=Sn−SˉnS_n^-=S_n-\bar S_n. Color 00 means ++, color 11 means −-. The conjecture asserts that \MR♯\MR^\sharp is freely spanned by products

    (Si1ε1)♯⋯(Sikεk)♯(S_{i_1}^{\varepsilon_1})^\sharp\cdots (S_{i_k}^{\varepsilon_k})^\sharp

    where the colored composition ((i1,ε1),…,(ik,εk))((i_1,\varepsilon_1),\dots,(i_k,\varepsilon_k)) satisfies:

    • if rr is odd: ij≢0(modr)i_j\not\equiv0\pmod r whenever εj=0\varepsilon_j=0, with no restriction for εj=1\varepsilon_j=1;
    • if rr is even: additionally ij≢r/2(modr)i_j\not\equiv r/2\pmod r whenever εj=1\varepsilon_j=1.

    The omitted hypothesis “qq primitive of order rr” is forced by the surrounding section of the paper.

    Result: The conjecture is true.

    Let

    σ(t)=∑n≥0Sntn,σˉ(t)=∑n≥0Sˉntn.\sigma(t)=\sum_{n\ge0}S_nt^n,\qquad \bar\sigma(t)=\sum_{n\ge0}\bar S_nt^n.

    Write

    U(t)=σ(t)♯=σˉ(qt)−1σ(t)=1+∑n≥1antn,U(t)=\sigma(t)^\sharp=\bar\sigma(qt)^{-1}\sigma(t)=1+\sum_{n\ge1}a_nt^n, V(t)=σˉ(t)♯=σ(qt)−1σˉ(t)=1+∑n≥1bntn.V(t)=\bar\sigma(t)^\sharp=\sigma(qt)^{-1}\bar\sigma(t)=1+\sum_{n\ge1}b_nt^n.

    Then

    (Sn+)♯=an+bn,(Sn−)♯=an−bn.(S_n^+)^\sharp=a_n+b_n,\qquad (S_n^-)^\sharp=a_n-b_n.

    Modulo the subalgebra generated by Sk±S_k^\pm with k<nk<n,

    (Sn+)♯≡(1−qn)Sn+,(Sn−)♯≡(1+qn)Sn−.(S_n^+)^\sharp\equiv (1-q^n)S_n^+,\qquad (S_n^-)^\sharp\equiv (1+q^n)S_n^-.

    Thus all allowed generators have nonzero triangular leading terms, so their words are linearly independent.

    It remains to show that the forbidden generators lie in the algebra generated by the allowed ones. Let m=ord⁡(q2)m=\operatorname{ord}(q^2), so m=rm=r if rr is odd and m=r/2m=r/2 if rr is even. From the definitions,

    V(q2k+1t)U(q2kt)=σ(q2k+2t)−1σ(q2kt).V(q^{2k+1}t)U(q^{2k}t) =\sigma(q^{2k+2}t)^{-1}\sigma(q^{2k}t).

    Multiplying for k=m−1,…,0k=m-1,\dots,0 gives the telescoping identity

    V(q2m−1t)U(q2m−2t)⋯V(qt)U(t)=1.V(q^{2m-1}t)U(q^{2m-2}t)\cdots V(qt)U(t)=1.

    Taking the coefficient of tnt^n, the linear part is

    ∑k=0m−1(q2knan+q(2k+1)nbn)=(∑k=0m−1q2kn)(an+qnbn),\sum_{k=0}^{m-1}\big(q^{2kn}a_n+q^{(2k+1)n}b_n\big) =\Big(\sum_{k=0}^{m-1}q^{2kn}\Big)(a_n+q^n b_n),

    and all remaining terms involve only ai,bia_i,b_i with i<ni<n.

    If a generator is forbidden, then q2n=1q^{2n}=1, so the scalar sum equals m≠0m\neq0. Hence:

    • if qn=1q^n=1, then an+bn=(Sn+)♯a_n+b_n=(S_n^+)^\sharp is expressed in lower-degree image generators;
    • if qn=−1q^n=-1, then an−bn=(Sn−)♯a_n-b_n=(S_n^-)^\sharp is expressed in lower-degree image generators.

    Induction on nn shows every forbidden generator belongs to the subalgebra generated by the allowed ones. Therefore \MR♯\MR^\sharp is the free associative algebra on the allowed (Sn±)♯(S_n^\pm)^\sharp, and the asserted colored compositions give a basis.

    The Hilbert series of a free associative algebra with generator series P(t)P(t) is 1/(1−P(t))1/(1-P(t)). If rr is odd,

    P(t)=∑r∤ntn+∑n≥1tn,P(t)=\sum_{r\nmid n}t^n+\sum_{n\ge1}t^n,

    so

    Hr(t)=1−tr1−2(t+t2+⋯+tr).H_r(t)=\frac{1-t^r}{1-2(t+t^2+\cdots+t^r)}.

    If rr is even,

    P(t)=∑r∤ntn+∑n≢r/2 ⁣ ⁣(modr)tn,P(t)=\sum_{r\nmid n}t^n+\sum_{n\not\equiv r/2\!\!\pmod r}t^n,

    so

    Hr(t)=1−tr1−2(t+t2+⋯+tr)+tr/2.H_r(t)=\frac{1-t^r}{1-2(t+t^2+\cdots+t^r)+t^{r/2}}.

    Verification audit: the proof uses exactly the sharp transform and generators Sn±S_n^\pm from the paper; the only implicit hypothesis added is the contextual one that qq is primitive of order rr. The cases r=1,2r=1,2 reduce to the identities already noted in the paper. The resulting basis and Hilbert series match Conjecture 6.1 exactly.

    Citation: Conjecture source: Marcelo Aguiar, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Jean-Yves Thibon, “Unital versions of the higher order peak algebras,” arXiv:0810.4634, Conjecture 6.1. No prior published resolution is used here.

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

    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE1

    PASS

    The proof attacks the stated Conjecture 6.1 and is mathematically sound. The triangular leading-term argument gives linear independence of the allowed words, and the telescoping identity with m=ord⁡(q2)m=\operatorname{ord}(q^2) recursively expresses exactly the forbidden generators in lower-degree allowed ones. Thus the allowed generators freely generate MR♯\mathrm{MR}^{\sharp}, and the computed generator series gives the conjectured Hilbert series. I found no indication of a prior stronger published resolution.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: The accepted proof appears genuinely new, but the result is a narrow structural completion of a conjecture in a specialized paper on noncommutative symmetric functions/Mantaci-Reutenauer algebras. The proof is short and elementary once the right telescoping identity is written down. It would be useful to specialists and could be included in a broader follow-up, but by itself it seems too small for a standalone standard journal paper.

    Literature check: I found no prior resolution. Searches around “higher order peak algebras,” “unital peak algebras,” “MR sharp,” “Mantaci-Reutenauer” with “higher order peak,” the exact Hilbert-series forms, and the colored-composition phrasing led back to the original Aguiar–Novelli–Thibon paper, the earlier Krob–Thibon paper, and the later Novelli–Saliola–Thibon representation-theory paper. The latter studies idempotents, quivers, Cartan invariants, and Loewy series of the higher-order unital peak algebras, but does not appear to prove Conjecture 6.1 on the free basis/Hilbert series of MR♯MR^\sharp. OEIS and repository searches likewise only turned up the older non-unital higher-order peak algebra Hilbert series and related sequence data.

    Citation: Conjecture source: Marcelo Aguiar, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Jean-Yves Thibon, “Unital versions of the higher order peak algebras,” arXiv:0810.4634; DMTCS, doi:10.46298/dmtcs.2729. Related: Novelli–Saliola–Thibon, “Representation theory of the higher order peak algebras,” J. Algebraic Combin. 32 (2010), 465–495.

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