Multiplicity conjecture for Schubert varieties at arbitrary points

Let w,τW/WPdw,\tau\in W/W_{P_d}. Let R+R^+ and RPd+R_{P_d}^+ denote the positive roots of the ambient root system and of the parabolic subsystem, respectively. Define Sw,τS'_{w,\tau} to be the unisets of (R+RPd+)(R^+\setminus R_{P_d}^+)^{\ast} satisfying the condition that, for every chain of commuting reflections sα1>>sαts_{\alpha_1}>\cdots>s_{\alpha_t} with sαiSw,τs_{\alpha_i}\in S'_{w,\tau}, one has wτsα1sαtw\geq\tau s_{\alpha_1}\cdots s_{\alpha_t}. Let MM be the maximum cardinality of an element of Sw,τS'_{w,\tau}. Multiplicity conjecture. The multiplicity of X(w)X(w) at τ\tau is

multτX(w)=SSw,τ:S=M.\operatorname{mult}_{\tau}X(w)=|\\{S\in S'_{w,\tau}:|S|=M\\}|.

This conjecture gives a combinatorial formula for the multiplicity of a Schubert variety at an arbitrary point, using maximal unisets satisfying the Bruhat-order condition. Its status is unresolved in the supplied source.

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V. Kreiman and V. Lakshmibai, “Multiplicities of Singular Points in Schubert Varieties of Grassmannians”, arXiv:math/0108071 (2001).

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