Strict-inclusion conjecture for classes of free arrangements

Let IF\mathcal{IF}, DF\mathcal{DF}, AF\mathcal{AF}, and SF\mathcal{SF} denote the classes of free arrangements defined in the paper: inductively free, divisionally free, additionally free, and stair-free arrangements, respectively.

Class-inclusion conjecture. The following strict inclusion and non-inclusion relations should hold:

IFAF.\mathcal{IF}\subsetneq\mathcal{AF}. DF⊅AF.\mathcal{DF}\not\supset\mathcal{AF}. DFAFSF.\mathcal{DF}\cup\mathcal{AF}\subsetneq\mathcal{SF}.

These claims would establish that the newly introduced classes enlarge the inductively free class in distinct ways, while the stair-free class is strictly larger than their union. The source gives no evidence of a resolution.

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Takuro Abe, “Addition-deletion theorem for free hyperplane arrangements and combinatorics”, arXiv:1811.03780 (2018).

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