On two notions of total positivity for generalized partial flag varieties of classical Lie types

2024/10/15 by Barkley, Grant, Boretsky, Jonathan, Eur, Christopher +1
#Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #Representation Theory (math.RT)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2410.11804

Abstract

For Grassmannians, Lusztig's notion of total positivity coincides with positivity of the Plucker coordinates. This coincidence underpins the rich interaction between matroid theory, tropical geometry, and the theory of total positivity. Bloch and Karp furthermore characterized the (type A) partial flag varieties for which the two notions of positivity similarly coincide. We characterize the symplectic (type C) and odd-orthogonal (type B) partial flag varieties for which Lusztig's total positivity coincides with Plucker positivity.

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