Universality of the polymatroid quasi-symmetric invariant

Let PolyMat\operatorname{PolyMat} be the vector space of polymatroids, let QSym\operatorname{QSym} be the quasi-symmetric-function space, and let G:PolyMatQSym{\mathcal G}:\operatorname{PolyMat}\to\operatorname{QSym} be the valuative invariant in the preceding theorem. A map f:PolyMatVf:\operatorname{PolyMat}\to V is valuative when it preserves every rational linear relation among polymatroid base polytopes. Universality conjecture. For every Q\mathbb{Q}-linear valuative map f:PolyMatVf:\operatorname{PolyMat}\to V, there should exist a Q\mathbb{Q}-linear map ψ:QSymV\psi:\operatorname{QSym}\to V such that

ψG=f.\psi\circ {\mathcal G}=f.

This asks whether every valuative invariant factors through G{\mathcal G}; the supplied text does not establish whether this universal property holds.

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Harm Derksen, “Symmetric and Quasi-Symmetric Functions associated to Polymatroids”, arXiv:0801.4393 (2008).

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