Type C and type D Chan–Robbins–Yuen volume conjecture

Let CRYCn+1CRYC_{n+1} and CRYDn+1CRYD_{n+1} denote the type Cn+1C_{n+1} and type Dn+1D_{n+1} analogues of the Chan–Robbins–Yuen polytope CRYAnCRYA_n. For a nonnegative integer kk, let

Cat(k)=1k+1(2kk)Cat(k)=\frac{1}{k+1}\binom{2k}{k}

be the kkth Catalan number. Type C and type D Chan–Robbins–Yuen volume conjecture. The normalized volumes satisfy

vol(CRYCn+1)=2(n1)2+nk=0n1Cat(k),\operatorname{vol}(CRYC_{n+1})=2^{(n-1)^2+n}\prod_{k=0}^{n-1}Cat(k), vol(CRYDn+1)=2(n1)2k=0n1Cat(k).\operatorname{vol}(CRYD_{n+1})=2^{(n-1)^2}\prod_{k=0}^{n-1}Cat(k).

These polytopes are introduced as analogues of CRYAnCRYA_n; the paper proves their vertex counts, but the displayed volume formulas are conjectural and no resolution is given.

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Karola Meszaros and Alejandro H. Morales, “Flow polytopes of signed graphs and the Kostant partition function”, arXiv:1208.0140 (2012).

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