Foulkes' conjecture for sixth powers and quadratic stabilization

Formal proof listed 2 papers September 25, 2026
What the paper claims, in its own words

Proves the sixth case of Foulkes’ conjecture: Sym6(SymbV)\mathop{\mathrm{Sym}}\nolimits ^6(\mathop{\mathrm{Sym}}\nolimits ^bV) embeds equivariantly in Symb(Sym6V)\mathop{\mathrm{Sym}}\nolimits ^b(\mathop{\mathrm{Sym}}\nolimits ^6V) for every b ≥ 6 and finite-dimensional complex V. More generally, the canonical multiplication map Symb(SymaV)→Syma(SymbV)\mathop{\mathrm{Sym}}\nolimits ^b(\mathop{\mathrm{Sym}}\nolimits ^aV)\to\mathop{\mathrm{Sym}}\nolimits ^a(\mathop{\mathrm{Sym}}\nolimits ^bV) is surjective for a ≥ 2 and b≥a(a−1)b\ge a(a-1), giving dimension-independent quadratic stabilization.

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