The truncation invariance conjecture for matroid zeta-function coefficients

Let MM be a matroid of rank r>0r>0, and let \tr(M)\tr(M) denote its truncation. Write ZM(s)Z^{\top}_M(s) for the topological zeta function of MM.

Truncation invariance conjecture. For every integer kk with 0k<rk(M)0\leqslant k<\operatorname{rk}(M),

(dkdskZM(s))s=0=(dkdskZ\tr(M)(s))s=0.\left(\frac{d^k}{ds^k}Z^{\top}_M(s)\right)\bigg|_{s=0}=\left(\frac{d^k}{ds^k}Z^{\top}_{\tr(M)}(s)\right)\bigg|_{s=0}.

This conjecture generalizes the known result for matroids whose truncation is uniform. A proof would show that the low-order Taylor coefficients of the topological zeta function are controlled by the corresponding truncation and, consequently, by low-rank information in the lattice of flats.

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Dawit Mengesha, Robert Miranda and Brian Sun, “Topological Zeta Functions of Matroids: Operations and Computations”, arXiv:2605.07077 (2026).

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