Positivity conjecture for characteristic classes of determinantal varieties

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Let τn,k∘\tau_{n,k}^{\circ}, τn,k∧∘\tau_{n,k}^{\wedge \circ}, and τn,kS∘\tau_{n,k}^{S \circ} denote the corresponding generic determinantal, skew-symmetric determinantal, and symmetric determinantal varieties, and let csmc_{sm} denote their Chern–Schwartz–MacPherson classes. Positivity conjecture. All the coefficients appearing in

csmτn,k∘,csmτn,k∧∘,csmτn,kS∘c_{sm}^{\tau_{n,k}^{\circ}},\qquad c_{sm}^{\tau_{n,k}^{\wedge \circ}},\qquad c_{sm}^{\tau_{n,k}^{S \circ}}

are non-negative. This was proved for Schubert cells in flag manifolds, but the authors state that they do not know a proof for these determinantal varieties.

References

Primary source

Xiping Zhang, “Characteristic Classes of Homogeneous Essential Isolated Determinantal Varieties”, arXiv:2011.12578 (2021).

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