Kenyon–Wilson's response-matrix characterization conjecture for lower-dimensional electrical-network cells

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Let EPnEP_n be the poset of cells of circular electrical networks, and let MMatn×n(R)M\in\mathrm{Mat}_{n\times n}(\mathbb{R}). A cell has co-dimension rr when its codimension in EPnEP_n is rr. For sets S1S_1 and S2S_2 of circular minors, write S1=n(n1)2r|S_1|=\frac{n(n-1)}{2}-r and S2=r|S_2|=r. The first two conditions from Theorem

are the conditions stated there for a response matrix. **Kenyon–Wilson's conjecture.** The matrix $M$ is the response matrix of a circular electrical network belonging to a cell of co-dimension $r$ in the poset $EP_n$ if and only if the first two conditions from Theorem

are satisfied and there exist sets (S1,S2)(S_1,S_2) such that the circular positivity of all circular minors from S1S_1 and the vanishing of all circular minors from S2S_2 imply circular non-negativity of all other circular minors.

This conjecture gives a proposed positivity-and-vanishing test for identifying the lower-dimensional cells of the electrical-network cell poset. The supplied text does not state whether it has been resolved, so its status is left open.

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B. Bychkov, L. Guterman and A. Kazakov, “Electrical networks, Grassmannians, and cluster algebras”, arXiv:2607.09975 (2026).

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