The regular fine mixed subdivision 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 let a fine mixed subdivision be regular if it is induced by assigning heights to the vertices of the summands and projecting the lower facets of the resulting lifted Minkowski sum. For a basis BB of Tn,d\mathcal{T}_{n,d}, say that the simplices of a subdivision are located at BB when their locations are exactly the elements of BB. The regular fine mixed subdivision conjecture. For any basis BB of Tn,d\mathcal{T}_{n,d}, there is a regular fine mixed subdivision of nΔd1n\Delta_{d-1} whose nn simplices are located at BB. This is stated as a stronger converse to the preceding conjectural characterization, requiring every matroid basis to arise from a regular fine mixed subdivision; the source gives no resolution.

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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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