Abstract
Andrews's recent proof of the Mills-Robbins-Rumsey conjectured formula for the number of totally symmetric self-complementary plane partitions is used to derive a new multi-variate constant term identity, reminiscent of, but not implied by, Macdonald's BC n -Dyson identity. The method of proof consists in translating to the language of constant terms an expression of Doran for the desired number in terms of sums of minors of a certain matrix. The question of a direct proof of the identity, which would furnish an alternative proof of the Mills-Robbins-Rumsey conjecture, is raised, and a prize is offered for its solution.
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