Type B, C and D flow-polytope volume relations

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Let KnDK_n^D, KnBK_n^B and KnCK_n^C be the signed complete graphs whose edges correspond to the positive roots of types DnD_n, BnB_n and CnC_n, respectively. Write FKnX(a1,…,an)\mathcal{F}_{K_n^X}(a_1,\ldots,a_n) for the corresponding flow polytope, and let CRYDn=FKnD(2,0,…,0)CRYD_n=\mathcal{F}_{K_n^D}(2,0,\ldots,0). Type B, C and D flow-polytope volume conjecture. The following relations hold:

vol⁡FKnC(2,0,…,0)=2n−2vol⁡(CRYDn),\operatorname{vol}\mathcal{F}_{K_n^C}(2,0,\ldots,0)=2^{n-2}\operatorname{vol}(CRYD_n),

and, except when n=2n=2, where vol⁡FKnD(2,0)=vol⁡FKnD(1,1)\operatorname{vol}\mathcal{F}_{K_n^D}(2,0)=\operatorname{vol}\mathcal{F}_{K_n^D}(1,1),

vol⁡FKn{B,C,D}(2,0,…,0)=2vol⁡FKn{B,C,D}(1,1,0,…,0).\operatorname{vol}\mathcal{F}_{K_n^{\{B,C,D\}}}(2,0,\ldots,0)=2\operatorname{vol}\mathcal{F}_{K_n^{\{B,C,D\}}}(1,1,0,\ldots,0).

These identities are presented after numerical observations for several families of signed-graph flow polytopes; the source does not provide proofs or a resolution.

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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