The quadratic symmetric-exchange generation conjecture for matroid toric ideals

Let MM be a matroid, with toric ideal IMI_M. For bases B1,B2,D1,D2B_1,B_2,D_1,D_2, call yB1yB2yD1yD2y_{B_1}y_{B_2}-y_{D_1}y_{D_2} a double-swap binomial when the pair D1,D2D_1,D_2 is obtained from B1,B2B_1,B_2 by a double swap. The quadratic symmetric-exchange generation conjecture. For any matroid MM, the quadratic binomials of IMI_M are in the ideal generated by the double-swap binomials yB1yB2yD1yD2y_{B_1}y_{B_2}-y_{D_1}y_{D_2}. The source identifies this as the second of two open conjectures that together imply White's conjecture.

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Jonah Blasiak, “The toric ideal of a graphic matroid is generated by quadrics”, arXiv:math/0511223 (2005).

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