Toric promotion order conjecture for path graphs

Let GG) be a path graph with nn vertices, and for 1hn/21\leq h\leq \left\lfloor n/2\right\rfloor let ζ(h)=12(nh)n(n1)(nh+1)\zeta^{(h)}=12\cdots(n-h)n(n-1)\cdots(n-h+1). For a permutation π=π1πnSn\pi=\pi_1\cdots\pi_n\in S_n, write

TProπ=τπnτπn1τπ1 ⁣:ΛGΛG.\operatorname{TPro}_\pi=\tau_{\pi_n}\tau_{\pi_{n-1}}\cdots\tau_{\pi_1}\colon\Lambda_G\to\Lambda_G.

Toric promotion order conjecture. If GG is a path graph with nn vertices and 1hn/21\leq h\leq \left\lfloor n/2\right\rfloor, then the operator TProζ(h) ⁣:ΛGΛG\operatorname{TPro}_{\zeta^{(h)}}\colon\Lambda_G\to\Lambda_G has order h(nh)h(n-h). This generalizes the known h=1h=1 case, which follows from the forest theorem mentioned in the source. The conjecture concerns the orbit structure of toric promotion operators for path graphs.

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Colin Defant, “Toric Promotion”, arXiv:2112.06843 (2022).

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