Symmetric Lorentzian polynomials

Abstract: In 2020, Huh, Matherne, Mészáros, and St. Dizier established the Lorentzian property of normalized Schur polynomials and conjectured the Lorentzian nature of other Schur-type symmetric polynomials. More recently in 2022, Matherne, Morales, and Selover proved that chromatic symmetric functions of indifference graphs of abelian Dyck paths are Lorentzian. In this thesis, we study the more general class of Lorentzian polynomials that is also invariant under the standard permutation action on variables. Throughout this work, we give exposition to the classical theory of symmetric polynomials and Lorentzian polynomials. Then we present several fundamental results on symmetric Lorentzian polynomials and highlight potential avenues for future research.