Shareshian–Wachs elementary positivity

Formal proof listed 1 paper September 24, 2026
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Resolves the elementary-positivity part of the Shareshian–Wachs conjecture: the chromatic quasisymmetric function of every natural unit interval graph has elementary-basis coefficients in N[q]\mathbb N[q]. The coefficients count explicitly described permutations, giving a combinatorial explanation of positivity.

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