Schubert-flip Devron conjecture for configurations of lines

Let L1,,L2nL_1,\ldots,L_{2n}, with n6n\geq 6, be a cyclically ordered sequence of lines in R3\mathbb{R}^3 such that each LiL_i intersects Li3,Li1,Li+1,Li+3L_{i-3},L_{i-1},L_{i+1},L_{i+3}. Assume that the even lines coincide:

L2=L4==L2n.L_2=L_4=\cdots=L_{2n}.

A Schubert flip replaces a line by the unique other line intersecting its four neighboring lines Li±3L_{i\pm3} and Li±1L_{i\pm1}.

Schubert-flip Devron conjecture. Apply Schubert flips in a bipartite manner, beginning with the even lines. After 2n72n-7 steps, one reaches another configuration in which half of the lines are equal.

This is the line-configuration analogue of the Devron property, with Schubert calculus supplying the two possible transversals to four generic lines in three-space. The source reports it as a system for which computer experiments suggest the property, so the assertion remains open.

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Primary source

Max Glick, “The Devron property”, arXiv:1312.6881 (2014).

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