Miller–Reiner Smith normal form conjecture for differential posets

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Let PP be a differential poset, let pnp_n denote the size of its rank-nn set, and let Un−1DnU_{n-1}D_n be the composite of the down operator DnD_n from rank nn to rank n−1n-1 with the up operator Un−1U_{n-1} from rank n−1n-1 to rank nn. The map is considered over the polynomial ring Z[t]\mathbb{Z}[t]. Miller–Reiner's conjecture. For all differential posets PP and all nn, the map

Un−1Dn+tI:Z[t]pn→Z[t]pnU_{n-1}D_n+tI:\mathbb{Z}[t]^{p_n}\to\mathbb{Z}[t]^{p_n}

has a Smith normal form over Z[t]\mathbb{Z}[t]. Since Z[t]\mathbb{Z}[t] is not a principal ideal domain, this would extend the usual Smith-normal-form theory beyond the PID setting and provide structural information about the associated cokernels.

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Ayush Agarwal and Christian Gaetz, “Differential posets and restriction in critical groups”, arXiv:1710.08253 (2020).

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