Multivariate stability of powered triangular recurrences and parametrised Eulerian polynomials

Source abstract

We prove multivariate stability for a class of affine triangular recurrences whose two coefficients are raised to an arbitrary positive integer power. The variables keep track of cross-step heights in a weighted lattice-path model. The applications include stability and real rootedness of parametrised Eulerian, Stirling, and Lah families. For the parametrised Eulerian polynomials, we obtain multivariate refinements of known real-rootedness results and prove simplicity and strict interlacing of consecutive rows. A kernel-preserving bijection with increasing binary trees yields a synchronised Foata--Strehl action on pairs and a combinatorial interpretation of their gamma coefficients along with a recurrence. The same bijection identifies refinement posets that admit symmetric Boolean and chain decompositions for parameter one and cover-supported $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ operators prove their PECKness. We extend the stability and strict interlacing results to synchronised Stirling permutations and prove PECKness for ordinary Stirling permutations with a fixed number of plateaux.