The global-branch positivity conjecture for higher-intersection promotions

From papers

Let (G,D)(G,\mathbf{D}) be a tangle admitting a brushing, with dimΠG=km\dim\Pi_G=km and positive intersection number INm(G)>0\operatorname{IN}_m(G)>0. Let F(G,D)^F_{\widehat{(G,\mathbf{D})}} be the associated space and let Grm,n>0\operatorname{Gr}^{>0}_{m,n} denote the totally positive Grassmannian. Global-branch positivity conjecture. One can choose a brushing and signs for which the higher-intersection positivity conjecture holds, and

F(G,D)^(Grm,n>0×Grm,D(1)>0××Grm,D()>0)F_{\widehat{(G,\mathbf{D})}}\cap\left(\operatorname{Gr}^{>0}_{m,n}\times\operatorname{Gr}^{>0}_{m,D^{(1)}}\times\cdots\times\operatorname{Gr}^{>0}_{m,D^{(\ell)}}\right)

is the disjoint union of a fixed number of graphs of functions from Grm,n>0\operatorname{Gr}^{>0}_{m,n} to DDGrm,D>0\prod_{D\in\mathbf{D}}\operatorname{Gr}^{>0}_{m,D}. This remains open beyond the illustrated cases.

Progress summary

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Chaim Even-Zohar, Matteo Parisi, Melissa Sherman-Bennett, Ran Tessler and Lauren Williams, “Plabic Tangles and Cluster Promotion Maps”, arXiv:2508.02891 (2026).

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.