Schur Function Expansions and the Rational Shuffle Theorem

TL;DR

This paper investigates the combinatorial structure of coefficients in the Schur function expansion of operators on symmetric functions related to the Rational Shuffle Theorem, focusing on special cases and symmetries.

Contribution

It analyzes the Schur function coefficients in specific cases of the operators, revealing symmetries and focusing on hook-shaped coefficients and cases where m or n equals 3.

Findings

Identified symmetries in the Schur function coefficients.

Provided combinatorial insights into the coefficients for special cases.

Explored the structure of coefficients for m or n equal to 3.

Abstract

Gorsky and Negut introduced operators $Q_{m,n}$ on symmetric functions and conjectured that, in the case where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime, the expression ${Q}_{m,n}(1)$ is given by the Hikita polynomial ${H}_{m,n}[X;q,t]$. Later, Bergeron-Garsia-Leven-Xin extended and refined the conjectures of ${Q}_{m,n}(1)$ for arbitrary $m$ and $n$ which we call the Extended Rational Shuffle Conjecture. In the special case ${Q}_{n+1,n}(1)$, the Rational Shuffle Conjecture becomes the Shuffle Conjecture of Haglund-Haiman-Loehr-Remmel-Ulyanov, which was proved in 2015 by Carlsson and Mellit as the Shuffle Theorem. The Extended Rational Shuffle Conjecture was later proved by Mellit as the Extended Rational Shuffle Theorem. The main goal of this paper is to study the combinatorics of the coefficients that arise in the Schur function expansion of ${Q}_{m,n}(1)$ in certain special cases. Leven gave a combinatorial proof of the Schur function expansion of ${Q}_{2,2n+1}(1)$ and ${Q}_{2n+1,2}(1)$. In this paper, we explore several symmetries in the combinatorics of the coefficients that arise in the Schur function expansion of ${Q}_{m,n}(1)$. Especially, we study the hook-shaped Schur function coefficients, and the Schur function expansion of ${Q}_{m,n}(1)$ in the case where $m$ or $n$ equals $3$.