Lam–Postnikov–Pylyavskyy's alcoved-polytope conjecture for sl_n character products

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Let αij=eiej\alpha_{ij}=e_i-e_j be the roots of the type AA root system. An alcoved polytope is a polytope whose faces lie in hyperplanes αij,τ=m\langle\alpha_{ij},\tau\rangle=m for mZm\in\mathbb Z. For weights λ\lambda and μ\mu, let Pλ,μP_{\lambda,\mu} be the minimal alcoved polytope containing them. Let ν\nu and ρ\rho be another pair of weights. Lam–Postnikov–Pylyavskyy's conjecture. If

λ+μ=ν+ρ\lambda+\mu=\nu+\rho

and ν,ρPλ,μ\nu,\rho\in P_{\lambda,\mu}, then χνχρχλχμ\chi_{\nu}\chi_{\rho}-\chi_{\lambda}\chi_{\mu} is χ\chi-nonnegative. This would give a sufficient condition for VλVμV_{\lambda}\otimes V_{\mu} to be a submodule of VνVρV_{\nu}\otimes V_{\rho}, equivalently for the stated character difference to be χ\chi-nonnegative, in the equal-sum case. The source provides no evidence of a resolution, so the conjecture is recorded as open.

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Primary source

Galyna Dobrovolska and Pavlo Pylyavskyy, “On products of sl_n characters and support containment”, arXiv:math/0608134 (2006).

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