Speyer–Williams cluster-complex conjecture for positive tropicalizations

Let Sk,n\mathcal S_{k,n} denote the possibly infinite cluster complex of the Grassmannian Gr(k,n)\operatorname{Gr}(k,n). Let TGr0+(k,n)\operatorname{TGr}_0^+(k,n) denote its positive tropicalization, and consider all reembeddings of TGr0(k,n)\operatorname{TGr}_0(k,n) into RΛ\mathbb R^{|\Lambda|}, where Λ\Lambda is any finite set of cluster variables containing the Plücker variables. Speyer–Williams conjecture. The cluster complex is the inverse limit of these positive tropicalizations:

Sk,n=limTGr0+(k,n).\mathcal S_{k,n} = \varprojlim \operatorname{TGr}_0^+(k,n).

The conjecture predicts that the combinatorial structure of the positive tropicalization is captured by the cluster complex, including for Grassmannians with infinite-type cluster algebras. It was proven by Brodsky and Stump for cluster algebras of type AA and for all types of rank at most 88, including Gr0(3,8)\operatorname{Gr}_0(3,8); the general statement remains open.

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Dominik Bendle, Janko Boehm, Yue Ren and Benjamin Schröter, “Parallel Computation of tropical varieties, their positive part, and tropical Grassmannians”, arXiv:2003.13752 (2020).

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