Finite cross-ratio conjecture for quaternionic unimodular matroids

Let H\mathbb{H} be the quaternions, with norm |\cdot|, and let p,q,rHp,q,r\in\mathbb{H} satisfy

ij=1|i-j|=1

for all distinct i,j{0,1,p,q,r}i,j\in\{0,1,p,q,r\}. Let MM be a quaternionic unimodular matroid (QU matroid), and let (H,1,p,q,r)(\mathbb{H},\langle-1,p,q,r\rangle) be the skew partial field generated by these elements. Finite cross-ratio conjecture. The matroid MM is representable over the skew partial field (H,1,p,q,r)(\mathbb{H},\langle-1,p,q,r\rangle). This is presented as a concrete conjectural restriction on the cross ratios needed for representations of QU matroids.

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R. A. Pendavingh and S. H. M. van Zwam, “Representing some non-representable matroids”, arXiv:1106.3088 (2011).

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