Some positive differences of products of Schur functions

Details Some positive differences of products of Schur functions Some positive differences of products of Schur functions

2004-12-14

arxiv.org/abs/math/0412289v1

Mathematics

Combinatorics

24 pages, 5 PostScript figures, multiple other figures use LaTeX picture environment

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The product $s_\mu s_\nu$ of two Schur functions is one of the most famous examples of a Schur-positive function, i.e. a symmetric function which, when written as a linear combination of Schur functions, has all positive coefficients. We ask when expressions of the form $s_\lambda s_\rho - s_\mu s_\nu$ are Schur-positive. This general question seems to be a difficult one, but a conjecture of Fomin, Fulton, Li and Poon says that it is the case at least when $\lambda$ and $\rho$ are obtained from $\mu$ and $\nu$ by redistributing the parts of $\mu$ and $\nu$ in a specific, yet natural, way. We show that their conjecture is true in several significant cases. We also formulate a skew-shape extension of their conjecture, and prove several results which serve as evidence in favor of this extension. Finally, we take a more global view by studying two classes of partially ordered sets suggested by these questions.

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