Positroid stratification regular CW-complex conjecture

Let Gr0(k,n)Gr^{\geq 0}(k,n) be the nonnegative Grassmannian, with its positroid cell decomposition

Gr0(k,n)=M is a positroidΠM.Gr^{\geq 0}(k,n)=\bigsqcup_{\mathcal{M}\text{ is a positroid}}\Pi_{\mathcal{M}}.

For a positroid M\mathcal{M}, let ΠM\Pi_{\mathcal{M}} denote the corresponding positroid cell.

Positroid stratification conjecture. The positroid stratification of Gr0(k,n)Gr^{\geq 0}(k,n) is a regular CW-complex. In particular, the closure ΠM\overline{\Pi}_{\mathcal{M}} of each positroid cell in Gr0(k,n)Gr^{\geq 0}(k,n) is homeomorphic to a closed ball.

The preceding result establishes that positroid cells are homeomorphic to open balls and that their decomposition is a CW-complex. The conjecture asks for the stronger regularity property, equivalently the closed-ball behavior of every cell closure.

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Primary source

Alexander Postnikov, “Positive Grassmannian and polyhedral subdivisions”, arXiv:1806.05307 (2018).

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