The e-positivity of the chromatic symmetric functions and the inverse Kostka matrix
Abstract
We expand the chromatic symmetric functions for Dyck paths of bounce number three in the elementary symmetric function basis using a combinatorial interpretation of the inverse of the Kostka matrix studied in Egecioglu-Remmel (1990). We prove that certain coefficients in this expansion are positive. We establish the e-positivity of an extended class of chromatic symmetric functions for Dyck paths of bounce number three beyond the "hook-shape" case of Cho-Huh (2019).
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