Type D Chan–Robbins–Yuen volume conjecture

Let KnDK_n^D be the complete signed graph with vertex set [n][n], containing all edges (i,j,±)(i,j,\pm) with 1i<jn1\leq i<j\leq n, and let

CRYDn=FKnD(2,0,,0)CRYD_n=\mathcal{F}_{K_n^D}(2,0,\ldots,0)

be its flow polytope. Let Cat(k)=1k+1(2kk)Cat(k)=\frac{1}{k+1}\binom{2k}{k} denote the kkth Catalan number. Type D Chan–Robbins–Yuen volume conjecture. The normalized volume of CRYDnCRYD_n is

vol(CRYDn)=2(n2)2k=0n2Cat(k).\operatorname{vol}(CRYD_n)=2^{(n-2)^2}\prod_{k=0}^{n-2}Cat(k).

The conjecture is motivated by computed values and a constant-term expression for the volume; the paper gives no proof or resolution of the product formula.

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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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