Regularity equals the degree of the Hilbert numerator for Schubert varieties

Let GLn/BGL_n/B be the complete flag variety, with Schubert varieties XwX_w indexed by permutations wSnw\in\mathfrak S_n. For vwv\leq w in Bruhat order, let ev=vB/Be_v=vB/B be the corresponding torus-fixed point, let Rv,wR_{v,w} be the associated graded ring of the local ring of XwX_w at eve_v, and write its Poincaré series as

i=0dim(mevi/mevi+1)qi=Hv,w(q)(1q)(w).\sum_{i=0}^{\infty}\dim(\mathfrak m_{e_v}^i/\mathfrak m_{e_v}^{i+1})q^i=\frac{H_{v,w}(q)}{(1-q)^{\ell(w)}}.

Regularity conjecture. The Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity satisfies

Reg(Rv,w)=degHv,w(q).\operatorname{Reg}(R_{v,w})=\deg H_{v,w}(q).

This predicts that the regularity of the tangent-cone ring at a torus-fixed point is determined by the degree of its Hilbert numerator. The source provides no resolution status or supporting evidence beyond stating the conjecture.

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Primary source

Alexander Yong, “Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity and Schubert geometry”, arXiv:2202.06362 (2022).

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