Unimodularity conjecture for super-standard inclusion matrices

Let nn be a positive integer. For 0in+130\leq i\leq \frac{n+1}{3} and 0jn+130\leq j\leq \frac{n+1}{3}, let P~i,j(n)\widetilde{\mathcal{P}}_{i,j}(n) be the matrix obtained by stacking the inclusion matrices whose rows are indexed by super-standard ss-subsets of {1,,n}\{1,\ldots,n\}, for 0si0\leq s\leq i, and whose columns are indexed by standard jj-subsets. Here μi\mu_i and μj\mu_j denote the corresponding numbers of rows and columns. Unimodularity conjecture. The matrix P~i,j(n)\widetilde{\mathcal{P}}_{i,j}(n) has dimensions μi×μj\mu_i\times\mu_j, index 11, and full rank. Consequently, P~k,k(n)\widetilde{\mathcal{P}}_{k,k}(n) is unimodular for all n3k1n\geq 3k-1. This conjecture is motivated by computational evidence and the results in the appendix; its resolution is not stated in the source.

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Joshua E. Ducey, Lauren Engelthaler, Jacob Gathje, Brant Jones, Isabel Pfaff and Jenna Plute, “Integer diagonal forms for subset intersection relations”, arXiv:2310.09227 (2024).

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