Regular CW decomposition conjecture for the momentum amplituhedron

Let Mn,k\mathcal{M}_{n,k} be the momentum amplituhedron, and let Sn,k\mathcal{S}_{n,k} consist of the decorated permutations whose strata are boundary strata, together with the decorated permutation σk,n\sigma_{k,n}. For each σSn,k\sigma\in\mathcal{S}_{n,k}, let Φσ\Phi^\circ_{\sigma} be the corresponding stratum. Regular CW decomposition conjecture. There is a regular CW decomposition

Mn,k=σSn,kΦσ\mathcal{M}_{n,k}=\bigsqcup_{\sigma\in\mathcal{S}_{n,k}}\Phi^\circ_{\sigma}

of the momentum amplituhedron. In particular, each boundary stratum Φσ\Phi^\circ_{\sigma} is homeomorphic to an open ball. Boundary stratifications had been synthesized computationally for 4n84\leq n\leq 8 and 2kn22\leq k\leq n-2, motivating the conjecture, but the source gives no general proof.

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Robert Moerman and Lauren K. Williams, “Grass trees and forests: Enumeration of Grassmannian trees and forests, with applications to the momentum amplituhedron”, arXiv:2112.02061 (2023).

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