Miriam Farber ; Alexander Postnikov - Arrangements of equal minors in the positive Grassmannian

dmtcs:2441 - Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, January 1, 2014, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AT, 26th International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2014) - https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.2441
Arrangements of equal minors in the positive GrassmannianArticle

Authors: Miriam Farber 1; Alexander Postnikov 1

  • 1 Department of Mathematics [MIT]

We discuss arrangements of equal minors in totally positive matrices. More precisely, we would like to investigate the structure of possible equalities and inequalities between the minors. We show that arrangements of equals minors of largest value are in bijection with <i>sorted sets</i>, which earlier appeared in the context of <i>alcoved polytopes</i> and Gröbner bases. Maximal arrangements of this form correspond to simplices of the alcoved triangulation of the hypersimplex; and the number of such arrangements equals the <i>Eulerian number</i>. On the other hand, we conjecture and prove in many cases that arrangements of equal minors of smallest value are exactly the <i>weakly separated sets</i>. Weakly separated sets, originally introduced by Leclerc and Zelevinsky, are closely related to the \textitpositive Grassmannian and the associated <i>cluster algebra</i>.


Volume: DMTCS Proceedings vol. AT, 26th International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2014)
Section: Proceedings
Published on: January 1, 2014
Imported on: November 21, 2016
Keywords: Schur positivity.,Gröbner bases,Eulerian numbers,hypersimplices,affine Coxeter arrangements,alcoved polytopes,thrackles,triangulations,sorted sets,plabic graphs,cluster algebras,Totally positive matrices,minors,the positive Grassmannian,Plücker coordinates,matrix completion problem,weakly separated sets,[INFO.INFO-DM] Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM],[MATH.MATH-CO] Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO]
Funding:
    Source : OpenAIRE Graph
  • Algebraic Combinatorics and its Applications; Funder: National Science Foundation; Code: 1362336
  • Graduate Research Fellowship Program; Funder: National Science Foundation; Code: 1122374
  • Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics; Funder: National Science Foundation; Code: 1100147

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