White's conjecture for lattice path polymatroids

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Let Γ\Gamma be a lattice path polymatroid. Its base ring is the polynomial ring C[Ym:m\mathbb{C}[Y_m: m is a basis of Γ]\Gamma], and its toric ideal is the kernel of the map

ϕ:C[Ym:m is a basis of Γ]⟶C[x0,x1,x2,…],\phi: \mathbb{C}[Y_m: m \text{ is a basis of }\Gamma] \longrightarrow \mathbb{C}[x_0,x_1,x_2,\ldots],

defined by ϕ(Ym1Ym2⋯Ymt)=m1m2⋯mt\phi(Y_{m_1}Y_{m_2}\cdots Y_{m_t})=m_1m_2\cdots m_t. A symmetric exchange binomial is a binomial YmYm′−YnYn′Y_mY_{m'}-Y_nY_{n'} obtained when nn and n′n' are obtained from mm and m′m' by a symmetric exchange. White's conjecture, adapted for polymatroids. The toric ideal of Γ\Gamma is generated by symmetric exchange binomials. The paper proves this statement for lattice path polymatroids, so it is solved in the stated class, although the broader polymatroid version is presented as an adaptation of White's conjecture.

References

Primary source

Jay Schweig, “Toric Ideals of Lattice Path Matroids and Polymatroids”, arXiv:1006.2560 (2010).

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