Postnikov–Stanley conjecture on the roots of truncated affine Weyl arrangement polynomials

Let Φ\Phi be an irreducible root system with Coxeter number hh, and let VV be its ambient vector space. For integers aba\leq b, define the truncated affine Weyl arrangement

AΦ[a,b]={Hα,kαΦ+, kZ, akb},\mathcal{A}_{\Phi}^{[a,b]}=\{H_{\alpha,k}\mid \alpha\in\Phi^+,\ k\in\mathbb{Z},\ a\leq k\leq b\},

where Hα,k={xV(α,x)=k}H_{\alpha,k}=\{x\in V\mid (\alpha,x)=k\}, and write χ(AΦ[a,b],t)\chi(\mathcal{A}_{\Phi}^{[a,b]},t) for its characteristic polynomial. Postnikov–Stanley conjecture. If a,bZa,b\in\mathbb{Z} satisfy a1ba\leq 1\leq b and 1a+b1\leq a+b, then every root zCz\in\mathbb{C} of

χ(AΦ[a,b],t)=0\chi(\mathcal{A}_{\Phi}^{[a,b]},t)=0

has real part

Rez=(ba+1)h2.\operatorname{Re}z=\frac{(b-a+1)h}{2}.

This extends the Linial-arrangement case [a,b]=[1,n][a,b]=[1,n], asserting that the characteristic polynomial has all its roots on a common vertical line in the complex plane. The supplied text states the conjecture but gives no information about whether it has been resolved.

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Primary source

Shigetaro Tamura, “Postnikov-Stanley Linial arrangement conjecture”, arXiv:2012.05634 (2020).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2012–2020). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1610.07841, arXiv:1212.3523.

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