The Gorenstein characterization conjecture for s-lecture hall polytopes

Let s=(s1,s2,,sn){\boldsymbol s}=(s_1,s_2,\ldots,s_n) be any sequence, and let s\overleftarrow{\boldsymbol s} denote its reverse. Let Pn(s)\mathbf{P}_n^{({\boldsymbol s})} be the corresponding ss-lecture hall polytope. Gorenstein characterization conjecture. The polytope Pn(s)\mathbf{P}_n^{({\boldsymbol s})} is Gorenstein if and only if there exist c,dZn{\boldsymbol c},{\boldsymbol d}\in\mathbb{Z}^n satisfying

cjsj1=cj1sj+gcd(sj,sj+1)c_js_{j-1}=c_{j-1}s_j+\gcd(s_j,s_{j+1})

and

djsj1=dj1sj+gcd(sj,sj+1)d_j\overleftarrow{s_{j-1}}=d_{j-1}\overleftarrow{s_j}+\gcd(\overleftarrow{s_j},\overleftarrow{s_{j+1}})

for j>1j>1, with c1=d1=1c_1=d_1=1. The conjecture is motivated by computational evidence and would extend the current Gorenstein characterization beyond cases where some adjacent entries of s{\boldsymbol s} are coprime; the source states that this remains unresolved under its method of proof.

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Florian Kohl and McCabe Olsen, “Level algebras and s-lecture hall polytopes”, arXiv:1710.10892 (2020).

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