The positivity conjecture for cyclic-intersection functions

Let J={j1,,jk}J=\{j_1,\ldots,j_k\} be a kk-subset of [n][n], and let IjαI_{j_\alpha} be the jαj_\alphath cyclic kk-interval. Let ξJ\xi_J be the quantity defined in the source's geometric characterization theorem, and let Iˉj1Iˉjk\bar I_{j_1}\cap\cdots\cap\bar I_{j_k} denote the corresponding intersection. The cyclic-intersection positivity conjecture. The function

εJJˉ(1)ξJYIˉj1Iˉjk\varepsilon_{J\bar J}(-1)^{\xi_J}\cdot\langle Y\,\bar I_{j_1}\cap\cdots\cap\bar I_{j_k}\rangle

is strictly positive, where εJJˉ\varepsilon_{J\bar J} is the Levi-Civita symbol obtained by listing the elements of JJ and Jˉ\bar J in increasing order. Such positivity would support the sign structure of the canonical-function formulas developed for amplituhedra, but the source does not provide resolution.

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Fatemeh Mohammadi, Leonid Monin and Matteo Parisi, “Triangulations and Canonical Forms of Amplituhedra: a fiber-based approach beyond polytopes”, arXiv:2010.07254 (2021).

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