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Main Authors: Leake, Jonathan, Yekta, Maryam Mohammadi
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15136
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author Leake, Jonathan
Yekta, Maryam Mohammadi
author_facet Leake, Jonathan
Yekta, Maryam Mohammadi
contents The theory of log concave polynomials has recently been developed to study objects and problems in combinatorics and other subfields in mathematics. Particular classes of log concave polynomials called Lorentzian polynomials and denormalized and dually Lorentzian polynomials have been used to prove log concavity statements for various combinatorial sequences. This includes the strongest form of Mason's log concavity conjecture on the independent sets of matroids and the log concavity of sequences of Kostka numbers. In this paper, we develop an analogous class of power series called denormalized Lorentzian (DL) Laurent series. This class is the natural generalization of DL polynomials to homogeneous power series with the benefit of capturing a number of combinatorial generating series including the Kostant partition function for integer flows of directed graphs. We then analyze specific DL Laurent series to obtain new bounds for integral flows on general directed acyclic graphs and new bounds for the dimensions of weight spaces of parabolic $\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})$ Verma modules.
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spellingShingle New Bounds for Integer Flows and Verma Modules, via Denormalized Lorentzian Laurent Series
Leake, Jonathan
Yekta, Maryam Mohammadi
Combinatorics
The theory of log concave polynomials has recently been developed to study objects and problems in combinatorics and other subfields in mathematics. Particular classes of log concave polynomials called Lorentzian polynomials and denormalized and dually Lorentzian polynomials have been used to prove log concavity statements for various combinatorial sequences. This includes the strongest form of Mason's log concavity conjecture on the independent sets of matroids and the log concavity of sequences of Kostka numbers. In this paper, we develop an analogous class of power series called denormalized Lorentzian (DL) Laurent series. This class is the natural generalization of DL polynomials to homogeneous power series with the benefit of capturing a number of combinatorial generating series including the Kostant partition function for integer flows of directed graphs. We then analyze specific DL Laurent series to obtain new bounds for integral flows on general directed acyclic graphs and new bounds for the dimensions of weight spaces of parabolic $\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})$ Verma modules.
title New Bounds for Integer Flows and Verma Modules, via Denormalized Lorentzian Laurent Series
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15136