Strict Bott-Samelson desingularization conjecture for Schubert varieties

Let XwX^w be the Schubert variety indexed by wSnw\in S_n, where n>4n>4, and let Γn\Gamma_n be the recursively defined set of permutations to avoid, with Γ5=45312\Gamma_5=\\{45312\\} and

Γn=πnΓn1T,\Gamma_n=\\{\pi_n\\}\cup\Gamma^T_{n-1},

where Γn1T\Gamma^T_{n-1} consists of the translations of permutations in Γn1\Gamma_{n-1} and πn=n324(n3)(n1)(n2)1\pi_n=n324\cdots(n-3)(n-1)(n-2)1.

Strict Bott-Samelson desingularization conjecture. If wvw\ngeq v for every vΓnv\in\Gamma_n, then XwX^w can be desingularized using a sequence of strict Bott-Samelson resolutions.

This conjecture proposes that the recursively defined forbidden permutations exactly capture the obstructions to desingularizing singular Schubert varieties by successive strict Bott-Samelson resolutions. The paper gives examples and motivating patterns in low rank, but the general assertion remains open.

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Sergio Da Silva, “Strict Bott-Samelson Resolutions of Schubert Varieties”, arXiv:1702.03468 (2018).

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