Mascia et al.'s primality conjecture for polyominoes
Let be a polyomino. A polyomino is prime when its inner 2-minors ideal is prime, and a zig-zag walk is the configuration referred to in the source; every prime polyomino contains no zig-zag walk.
Mascia et al.'s conjecture. is prime if and only if contains no zig-zag walk.
The conjecture would give a characterization of primality for polyominoes. The forward implication is known, while the converse is presented as conjectural; its general status is open.
References
Primary source
Hong Wang and Jin Guo, “A class of polyocollection ideals with quadratic Gröbner bases”, arXiv:2607.22108 (2026).
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