The dominance conjecture for flag h-vector symmetry

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Let rr be a positive integer, let β\beta be the order-reversing permutation in Sr+1S_{r+1} defined by β(i)=r−i+2\beta(i)=r-i+2, and let TT be a subset of [r][r] such that

T⊆T∘β,T\subseteq T\circ\beta,

where

T∘β={i∈[r]:r−i+1∉T}.T\circ\beta=\{i\in[r]:r-i+1\notin T\}.

Dominance conjecture. If T⊆T∘βT\subseteq T\circ\beta, then T∘βT\circ\beta dominates TT.

If true, this would provide a family of dominance relations implying inequalities between the corresponding flag hh-vector entries for every geometric lattice of sufficiently large rank. The supplied text gives an example with T={1}⊆[3]T=\{1\}\subseteq[3], but does not state a proof or resolution of the general claim.

References

Primary source

Kathryn Nyman and Ed Swartz, “Inequalities for the h- and flag h-vectors of geometric lattices”, arXiv:math/0405535 (2005).

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