The phylogenetic invariants conjecture for binary trees

Let τ\tau be a binary tree on binary random variables, and let IfI_f be the ideal of phylogenetic invariants of its general Markov model. Each edge of τ\tau induces a split of the leaves, and flattening the 2××22 \times \cdots \times 2 table (pσ1σn)(p_{\sigma_1 \cdots \sigma_n}) along a split produces a two-dimensional matrix. The phylogenetic invariants conjecture. The ideal IfI_f is generated by the 3×33 \times 3 determinants of all such flattenings. The set-theoretic version was announced as proved by Allman and Rhodes, which identifies the radical of the determinantal ideal with IfI_f; the asserted ideal-theoretic generation remains the stronger statement.

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Lior Pachter and Bernd Sturmfels, “Tropical Geometry of Statistical Models”, arXiv:q-bio/0311009 (2004).

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