Shellability and homotopy conjecture for positive generalized cluster complexes

Let Φ\Phi be a crystallographic root system of rank \ell, let m1m\geq 1, and let Δ+m(Φ)\Delta^m_+(\Phi) be the positive part of the generalized cluster complex, with N+(Φ,m1)N^+(\Phi,m-1) denoting the number of bounded dominant regions of the corresponding generalized Catalan arrangement for parameter m1m-1. Positive cluster-complex shellability conjecture. The complex Δ+m(Φ)\Delta^m_+(\Phi) is pure of dimension 1\ell-1 and shellable, and

χ~(Δ+m(Φ))=(1)1N+(Φ,m1).\widetilde{\chi}(\Delta^m_+(\Phi))=(-1)^{\ell-1}N^+(\Phi,m-1).

In particular, it is Cohen--Macaulay and has the homotopy type of a wedge of N+(Φ,m1)N^+(\Phi,m-1) spheres of dimension 1\ell-1. This is stated as the positive analogue of a conjecture of Fomin and Reading; the supplied text gives no resolution status.

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C. A. Athanasiadis and E. Tzanaki, “On the enumeration of positive cells in generalized cluster complexes and Catalan hyperplane arrangements”, arXiv:math/0605685 (2006).

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