Coxeter polynomial conjecture for non-negative posets of Dynkin type

Let II be a poset with at most 1313 elements, and let coxI(t)\mathrm{cox}_I(t) denote its Coxeter polynomial. Write DynI\mathrm{Dyn}_I for its Dynkin type, and call II non-negative when its associated quadratic form is non-negative. A poset is connected when its Hasse diagram is connected.

Coxeter polynomial conjecture. If

coxI(t)=tn+tn1++t+1,\mathrm{cox}_I(t)=t^n+t^{n-1}+\cdots+t+1,

then II is connected. If, additionally, II is non-negative, then

DynI=AI.\mathrm{Dyn}_I=\mathbb{A}_{|I|}.

The conjecture proposes that, for posets of at most 1313 elements, this cyclotomic Coxeter polynomial forces connectedness, and in the non-negative case identifies the Dynkin type as AI\mathbb{A}_{|I|}. It follows an example showing that the Coxeter polynomial alone does not preserve positivity of posets.

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Primary source

M. Gąsiorek, “A Coxeter type classification of Dynkin type A_n non-negative posets”, arXiv:2205.15813 (2023).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2021–2022). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2112.15587.

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