Reading's maximum cd-index conjecture for Bruhat intervals

Let (W,S)(W,S) be a Coxeter system, and let [u,v][u,v] be an interval in the Bruhat order of WW. Write kk for the length of uu and suppose that the length of vv is n+k+1n+k+1. The cdcd-index of a dual stacked nn-polytope with n+k+1n+k+1 facets is understood coefficientwise. Reading's conjecture. The cdcd-index of [u,v][u,v] is coefficientwise less than or equal to the cdcd-index of a dual stacked nn-polytope with n+k+1n+k+1 facets. In particular, the cdcd-index of an interval [1,v][1,v] is less than or equal to the cdcd-index of a Boolean lattice. Bruhat intervals are Eulerian and shellable, and Reading showed that their cdcd-indices span the generalized Dehn--Sommerville space. The proposed coefficientwise maximum remains unresolved in the source.

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Margaret M. Bayer, “The cd-Index: A Survey”, arXiv:1901.04939 (2020).

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