L-log-concavity and a proof of the conjecture of Lam, Postnikov and Pylyavskyy

Let $λ$, $μ$, $λ'$, $μ'$ be partitions. The conjecture of Lam, Postnikov and Pylyavskyy states that, if $λ+μ= λ' + μ'$, and $\min(λ_i-λ_j, μ_i-μ_j) \leq λ'_i - λ'_j \leq \max(λ_i-λ_j, μ_i-μ_j)$ for all $1 \leq i<j \leq n$, then $s_{λ'} s_{μ'} - s_λ s_μ$ is Schur nonnegative. We prove this conjecture. Our proof is based on two key ideas. First, we introduce a new combinatorial model for Littlewood-Richardson coefficients which we name ``skeps", which are similar to but distinct from Knutson and Tao's hives. Second, we use tools from Murota's theory of L-convexity to prove an L-log-concavity theorem for skeps.