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Main Authors: Bai, Haojun, Gu, Feng, Guo, Peter L., Liu, Jiaji
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10276
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author Bai, Haojun
Gu, Feng
Guo, Peter L.
Liu, Jiaji
author_facet Bai, Haojun
Gu, Feng
Guo, Peter L.
Liu, Jiaji
contents Motivated by Stanley's ``Schubert shenanigans'' paper, commendable attempts have been made to understand the principal specializations of Schubert or Grothendieck polynomials. In this paper, we prove that when a permutation $w$ does not contain the $1423$ pattern, the principal specialization of the corresponding $β$-Grothendieck polynomial can be expressed nonnegatively in terms of the occurrences of patterns in $w$. Using an inverse conservation principle, we further obtain the nonnegativity expansion for permutations avoiding the $1342$ pattern. Our results partially resolve conjectures raised respectively by Gao (independently observed by Gaetz), Meśzáros--Tanjaya, and Dennin. The proofs are achieved based upon a reduction algorithm performing on the classic pipe dream model of $β$-Grothendieck polynomials.
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spellingShingle Principal specializations of Grothendieck polynomials
Bai, Haojun
Gu, Feng
Guo, Peter L.
Liu, Jiaji
Combinatorics
Motivated by Stanley's ``Schubert shenanigans'' paper, commendable attempts have been made to understand the principal specializations of Schubert or Grothendieck polynomials. In this paper, we prove that when a permutation $w$ does not contain the $1423$ pattern, the principal specialization of the corresponding $β$-Grothendieck polynomial can be expressed nonnegatively in terms of the occurrences of patterns in $w$. Using an inverse conservation principle, we further obtain the nonnegativity expansion for permutations avoiding the $1342$ pattern. Our results partially resolve conjectures raised respectively by Gao (independently observed by Gaetz), Meśzáros--Tanjaya, and Dennin. The proofs are achieved based upon a reduction algorithm performing on the classic pipe dream model of $β$-Grothendieck polynomials.
title Principal specializations of Grothendieck polynomials
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10276