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Convolutions of (m)-associahedra and (m)-noncrossing partition polynomials--combinatorial proofs?

I'm looking for combinatorial proofs of the convolutional identity COP below and its specializations I) and II). (Edit 6/2/2023: A combinatorial proof is sketched in a blog post by Mike Spivey of a ...
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Cataland: Facets and partition polynomials of cluster complexes

Figure 25 on pg. 101 of "Cataland: Why the Fuss?" by Christian Stump, Hugh Thomas, and Nathan Williams depicts cluster complexes (CCs) associated with generalized $(m)$-Narayana / ...
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Flexagons and noncrossing partitions

Turns out a couple of series related to the faces of flexagons popped up in my explorations of combinatorial reciprocities in a group algebra for sets of partition polynomial (ParPs) related to the ...
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A theory of refined h- and f-polynomials for the permutahedra, associahedra, noncrossing partitions, and tropical Grassmannians (references)

Looking for references (insights) on a theory encompassing a notion of refined face polynomials and their associated refined h-polynomials that are generalizations of the relation between ordinary f-...
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Combinatorics of iterated composition of noncrossing partition polynomials

A combinatorial problem arises in relating connected and disconnected Green functions associated to a "zero-dimensional" quantum field theory presented by Brezin, Itzykson, Parisi, and Zuber ...
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How different can the constituents of an Ehrhart quasi-polynomial be?

Consider a $d$-dimensional convex rational polytope $P\subset\mathbb{Q}^d\subset\mathbb{R}^d$. Then, it's a standard fact that in general the function counting the number of lattice points inside the ...
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Analogue of conic sections for the permutohedra, associahedra, and noncrossing partitions

Slicing cones in various ways with a plane generates conic sections identified geometrically as hyperbolas, parabolas, or ellipses and algebraically, when suitably rotated, as certain rescaled ...
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Polynomials representing locally constant functions

Let $K$ be a finite field with $p$ elements. (a) Let $f\in K\lbrack x\rbrack$ be such that (i) $\deg(f)<p$ and (ii) $f(2x) = f(x)$ for $\geq (1-\epsilon) p$ values of $x$ in $K$. What can we say ...
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Motzkin polynomials and enumeration of chord diagrams

On page 12 of the paper Enumeration of chord diagrams on many intervals and their non-orientable analogs" by Alexeev, Andersen, Penner, and Zograf is a list of polynomials which are a refinement ...
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How "accidental" are equalities between parts of Ehrhart quasi-polynomials? When do they persist to Euler-Maclaurin?

Background What I think of Ehrhart theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrhart_polynomial) asserts that if we take a lattice polytope $P$, and count the number of lattice points in the $t$th ...
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