Indicator-dimension conjecture for polyhedral groups

For a module MM over a poset QQ, define its downset-dimension and upset-dimension as the smallest lengths of downset and upset resolutions, respectively. Define the indicator-dimension of MM as the maximum of these two dimensions, and define the indicator-dimension of QQ as the maximum indicator-dimension of its tame modules.

Indicator-dimension conjecture. The indicator-dimension of any real or discrete polyhedral group QQ equals the rank of QQ as a free module, over the field R\mathbb{R} or the group Z\mathbb{Z}, respectively.

The conjecture proposes that the geometry and rank of a polyhedral group control the lengths of indicator resolutions, analogously to the Hilbert Syzygy Theorem. The source presents this as an open direction and notes that proving it would require developing a derived-functor theory for indicator resolutions.

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Ezra Miller, “Essential graded algebra over polynomial rings with real exponents”, arXiv:2008.03819 (2025).

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