The indecomposable-root conjecture for simply-laced Weyl groups

Let GG be a group of simply-laced type with Weyl group WW, and let wWw\in W. For kIwBk\in I_w^B, choose a reduced expression i\mathbf i of ww satisfying di(k)=dw(k)d_{\mathbf i}(k)=d_w(k), and define

ηˇw(k)=αˇwi(k).\check\eta_w(k)=\check\alpha_w^{\mathbf i}(k).

Indecomposable-root conjecture. The root ηˇw(k)\check\eta_w(k) is indecomposable in Rˇ+(w)\check R^+(w). In particular, the set

{ηˇw(k)kIwB}\{\check\eta_w(k)\mid k\in I_w^B\}

constructed in this way satisfies the expected properties stated for Bw,B\mathcal B_{w,B}.

The claim is motivated by the construction of bases from rightmost roots and is illustrated by a type D5D_5 example in the source. Its resolution is not established in the supplied material.

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Changzheng Li, Konstanze Rietsch and Mingzhi Yang, “An anticanonical perspective on G/P Schubert varieties”, arXiv:2506.18388 (2025).

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