Orbit length conjecture for iterated bridge sums of trees and complete graphs

Let G1=(V1,E1),,Gq=(Vq,Eq)G_1=(V_1,E_1),\ldots,G_q=(V_q,E_q) be graphs on n1,,nqn_1,\ldots,n_q vertices, respectively, where each GiG_i is either a complete graph or a tree. Form GG by bridge summing G1G_1 with G2G_2, G2G_2 with G3G_3, and so on, at arbitrary vertices. Let V=V1VqV'=V_1\cup\cdots\cup V_q and let N=VN=|V'|. Iterated bridge-sum orbit-length conjecture. For all such GG, the orbit length of toric promotion on GG is N(N1)N(N-1). This is known when all the summands are trees, but remains open for arbitrary mixtures of trees and complete graphs.

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Kerry Seekamp, “Orbits of toric promotion on bridge sums”, arXiv:2512.00692 (2025).

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