Standard string-polytope lattice-point conjecture for classical groups

Let GG be a complex classical group, let λΛ+\lambda\in\Lambda^+, and let w0std\underline{w_0}^\mathrm{std} be the standard reduced decomposition of the longest word of the Weyl group of GG. Write Qw0std(λ)Q_{\underline{w_0}^\mathrm{std}}(\lambda) for the associated string polytope. A polytope is a lattice polytope when all of its vertices lie in the ambient lattice.

Standard string-polytope conjecture. The polytope Qw0std(λ)Q_{\underline{w_0}^\mathrm{std}}(\lambda) is a lattice polytope if and only if at least one of the following holds: G=SLn+1G=\mathrm{SL}_{n+1}; G=SO2n+1G=\mathrm{SO}_{2n+1} and λ,αn2Z\langle\lambda,\alpha_n^\vee\rangle\in2\mathbb{Z}; G=Sp2nG=\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}; or G=SO2nG=\mathrm{SO}_{2n} and either λ,αn1+λ,αn2Z\langle\lambda,\alpha_{n-1}^\vee\rangle+\langle\lambda,\alpha_n^\vee\rangle\in2\mathbb{Z} or n<4n<4.

This conjecture gives a precise integrality criterion for standard string polytopes of complex classical groups, extending the known results in types An\mathsf{A}_n, Bn\mathsf{B}_n, and Cn\mathsf{C}_n. The type Dn\mathsf{D}_n case and the only-if direction in type Bn\mathsf{B}_n remain difficult; the source reports counterexamples to the earlier general Alexeev–Brion conjecture for higher-rank special linear groups.

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Christian Steinert, “A diagrammatic approach to string polytopes”, arXiv:2011.12003 (2020).

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