The fine mixed subdivision basis conjecture for the matroid Tn,d\mathcal{T}_{n,d}

Let Tn,d\mathcal{T}_{n,d} be the matroid introduced from the combinatorial encoding of arrangements of dd generic complete flags in Cn\mathbb{C}^n. Let nΔd1n\Delta_{d-1} be the Minkowski sum of nn copies of the simplex Δd1\Delta_{d-1}, and consider the fine mixed subdivisions of this polytope. The locations of the simplices in such a subdivision form subsets of the ground set of Tn,d\mathcal{T}_{n,d}. The fine mixed subdivision basis conjecture. The possible locations of the simplices in a fine mixed subdivision of nΔd1n\Delta_{d-1} are precisely the bases of the matroid Tn,d\mathcal{T}_{n,d}. This would extend the established connection between fine mixed subdivisions, triangulations of products of simplices, and the matroid of generic flag arrangements; the source presents it as a conjectural generalization, with no resolution stated.

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Federico Ardila and Sara Billey, “Flag arrangements and triangulations of products of simplices”, arXiv:math/0605598 (2006).

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