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

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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(n−1)2+n∏k=0n−1Cat(k),\operatorname{vol}(CRYC_{n+1})=2^{(n-1)^2+n}\prod_{k=0}^{n-1}Cat(k), vol⁡(CRYDn+1)=2(n−1)2∏k=0n−1Cat(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.

References

Primary source

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

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