Singularity confinement conjecture for the pentagram map in even dimension

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Let nn be even. Let SS be a type and let XSX_S denote the corresponding stratum of configurations for the pentagram map TT. Singularity confinement means that an iterate of TT becomes nonsingular at a generic point of XSX_S.

Singularity confinement conjecture. Singularity confinement holds generically on XSX_S unless

[1,n−1]2⊆S[1,n-1]_2\subseteq S

or

[2,n]2⊆S.[2,n]_2\subseteq S.

Whenever singularity confinement holds for a type, there exists an m≤nm\leq n such that generic singularities of that type last mm steps; that is, TmT^m is singular but Tm+1T^{m+1} is not.

For odd nn, the preceding results establish an (n+1)(n+1)-step bound outside the exceptional type, while this conjecture proposes the analogous statement for even nn, with the indicated exceptional types. The claim about the exact confinement time strengthens the bound by requiring some m≤nm\leq n for every type where confinement occurs.

References

Primary source

Max Glick, “On singularity confinement for the pentagram map”, arXiv:1110.0868 (2012).

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