General formula for root-of-unity monomial symmetric-function specializations

Determine a general formula for the integers obtained by evaluating the monomial symmetric polynomial $m_\lambda$ at the sequence $(\zeta,\ldots,\zeta^{b-1})$, where $\zeta$ is a primitive $b$th root of unity.

Background

The paper studies the bb-bounded symmetric polynomials hk(b)h_k^{(b)} and their specializations at roots of unity. Proposition \ref{prop:cauchy} gives several expansions of hk(b)h_k^{(b)} in standard bases of symmetric polynomials, including an expansion in the elementary and monomial bases. In that expansion, the coefficients involve evaluations of monomial symmetric polynomials mλ(ζ,,ζb1)m_\lambda(\zeta,\ldots,\zeta^{b-1}) at all nontrivial powers of a primitive bbth root of unity.

A general formula for these coefficients would make the monomial-basis expansion more explicit. The paper notes that formulas are known for some special cases, but leaves the general evaluation problem unresolved.

References

We do not know a general formula for the integers $m_\lambda(\zeta,\ldots,\zeta{b-1})$.

Cyclic Sieving of Multisets with Bounded Multiplicity and the Frobenius Coin Problem  (2502.00378 - Armstrong, 1 Feb 2025) in Section 6, “Other Symmetric Polynomials,” paragraph immediately following Proposition 6.1 (Proposition \ref{prop:cauchy})