Integrality conjecture for type A string polytopes

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Let GG be of type AnA_n, let w‾0\underline{w}_0 be any reduced decomposition of the longest Weyl-group element, and let λ\lambda be a weight. Write Qw‾0(λ)Q_{\underline{w}_0}(\lambda) for the associated polytope, and let αi∨\alpha_i^{\vee} denote the simple coroots. The polytope is integral when its vertices have integral coordinates. Integrality conjecture. For every reduced decomposition w‾0\underline{w}_0, the polytope Qw‾0(λ)Q_{\underline{w}_0}(\lambda) is integral if and only if

⟨λ,αi∨⟩∈Z\langle\lambda,\alpha_i^{\vee}\rangle\in\mathbb Z

for all ii. The paper gives computational evidence in low-rank type A, including integrality for G=SL⁡nG=\operatorname{SL}_n with n≤5n\leq 5, but does not state a resolution.

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Valery Alexeev and Michel Brion, “Toric degenerations of spherical varieties”, arXiv:math/0403379 (2004).

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