Arkani-Hamed and Trnka's BCFW triangulation conjecture for the amplituhedron

Let k1k\geq 1 and nk+4n\geq k+4. Let An,k,4\mathcal{A}_{n,k,4} be the amplituhedron, and let BCFWn,k\mathcal{BCFW}_{n,k} denote the collection of 4k4k-dimensional BCFW positroid cells in the nonnegative Grassmannian Grk,n\mathrm{Gr}^{\geq}_{k,n} arising from the BCFW recurrence. A triangulation is a collection of 4k4k-dimensional open positroid cells whose images under the amplituhedron map are injective on each cell, pairwise disjoint, and cover an open dense subset of the amplituhedron. Arkani-Hamed and Trnka's conjecture. For every k1k\geq 1 and nk+4n\geq k+4, the cells BCFWn,k\mathcal{BCFW}_{n,k} form a triangulation of the amplituhedron An,k,4\mathcal{A}_{n,k,4}. This conjecture connects the BCFW recurrence for scattering amplitudes with a geometric triangulation of the amplituhedron. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Chaim Even-Zohar, Tsviqa Lakrec and Ran J. Tessler, “The Amplituhedron BCFW Triangulation”, arXiv:2112.02703 (2025).

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