Restriction of maximal separated collections to mutation-closed domains

Let M{\mathcal{M}} be an oriented matroid on ground set EE. A collection S2E\mathcal{S}\subseteq 2^E is M{\mathcal{M}}-separated when it is separated according to the oriented-matroid separation relation. A mutation-closed domain D2E{{\mathcal{D}}}\subset 2^E is a union of connected components of the mutation graph of M{\mathcal{M}}.

Restriction conjecture. If S\mathcal{S} is a maximal-by-size M{\mathcal{M}}-separated collection inside 2E2^E and D{{\mathcal{D}}} is a mutation-closed domain, then SD\mathcal{S}\cap {{\mathcal{D}}} is a maximal-by-size M{\mathcal{M}}-separated collection inside D{{\mathcal{D}}}.

This predicts that global maximal separated collections restrict to maximum separated collections on every mutation-closed domain. The source provides no resolution of the conjecture.

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Primary source

Pavel Galashin and Alexander Postnikov, “Purity and separation for oriented matroids”, arXiv:1708.01329 (2021).

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