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DEFORMED GRAPHICAL ZONOTOPAL ALGEBRAS

Algebra · math.CO · math.RT · posed by Boris Shapiro, Ilya Smirnov, Arkady Vaintrob · open

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Pascal-type behavior except for the entry 14.

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    Problem: Reconstructed conjecture. Work over a field K\Bbb K of characteristic 00. Let TnT_n be the tree consisting of two adjacent vertices a,ba,b, with two leaves attached to bb, one leaf attached to aa, and a path of length n−5n-5 attached to aa. For f(u)=u+u3f(u)=u+u^3, let

    hn,j=dim⁡K(CTnf,j/CTnf,j−1).h_{n,j}=\dim_{\Bbb K}\bigl(\mathcal C^{f,j}_{T_n}/\mathcal C^{f,j-1}_{T_n}\bigr).

    The “Pascal-type behavior except for the entry 1414” in Example 4.9 means

    Hn(t):=∑jhn,jtj=(1+t)n−6(1+6t+14t2+10t3+t4),n≥6.H_n(t):=\sum_j h_{n,j}t^j =(1+t)^{n-6}(1+6t+14t^2+10t^3+t^4),\qquad n\ge 6.

    Equivalently,

    hn,j=hn−1,j+hn−1,j−1(n≥7),h_{n,j}=h_{n-1,j}+h_{n-1,j-1}\qquad(n\ge 7),

    with base row (1,6,14,10,1)(1,6,14,10,1). This reconstruction is supported by the displayed table: every row after the row containing 1414 is obtained from the previous row by Pascal summation.

    Result: The reconstructed conjecture is true.

    Let G+G^+ be obtained from a graph GG by attaching a new leaf edge ee to a vertex rr that was already a leaf of GG. Since f=u+u3f=u+u^3, if dd is the old edge incident to rr, then in G+G^+

    Ynew leaf=e,Yr=d+e,Y_{\text{new leaf}}=e,\qquad Y_r=d+e,

    because (d+e)3=0(d+e)^3=0. Thus d=Yr−ed=Y_r-e has filtration degree 11, and all old generators of CGf\mathcal C_G^f remain degree 11. Hence, as filtered algebras,

    CG+f≅CGf⊗K[e]/(e2),\mathcal C_{G^+}^f\cong \mathcal C_G^f\otimes \Bbb K[e]/(e^2),

    with ee of filtration degree 11. Therefore

    HG+(t)=(1+t)HG(t).H_{G^+}(t)=(1+t)H_G(t).

    For TnT_n, when n≥6n\ge 6, Tn+1T_{n+1} is obtained from TnT_n exactly by extending the pendant path at its leaf. Hence it remains only to compute T6T_6.

    For T6T_6, write the five edge variables as x,y,z,u,vx,y,z,u,v, where zz is the central edge. The leaf generators give x,y,u,vx,y,u,v. The two trivalent vertices give, after subtracting leaf generators and changing sign if needed,

    p=z+6xyz,q=z+6zuv.p=z+6xyz,\qquad q=z+6zuv.

    Thus the filtration is generated by x,y,u,v,p,qx,y,u,v,p,q in

    R=K[x,y,z,u,v]/(x2,y2,z2,u2,v2).R=\Bbb K[x,y,z,u,v]/(x^2,y^2,z^2,u^2,v^2).

    An adapted basis is:

    • degree 00: 11;
    • degree 11: x,y,u,v,p,qx,y,u,v,p,q;
    • degree 22: the 1010 quadratic monomials plus
    xyzu, xyzv, xzuv, yzuv;xyzu,\ xyzv,\ xzuv,\ yzuv;
    • degree 33:
    z, xyu, xyv, xuv, yuv, xzu, xzv, yzu, yzv, xyzuv;z,\ xyu,\ xyv,\ xuv,\ yuv,\ xzu,\ xzv,\ yzu,\ yzv,\ xyzuv;
    • degree 44:
    xyuv.xyuv.

    These 3232 elements are independent in the square-free monomial basis of RR. Therefore

    HT6(t)=1+6t+14t2+10t3+t4.H_{T_6}(t)=1+6t+14t^2+10t^3+t^4.

    Applying the leaf-extension identity repeatedly gives

    HTn(t)=(1+t)n−6(1+6t+14t2+10t3+t4)H_{T_n}(t)=(1+t)^{n-6}(1+6t+14t^2+10t^3+t^4)

    for all n≥6n\ge 6, proving the Pascal recursion.

    Verification audit: the proof uses exactly the graph family and f=u+u3f=u+u^3 from Example 4.9, over the paper’s standing hypothesis char⁡K=0\operatorname{char}\Bbb K=0. The exceptional entry 1414 is the base coefficient h6,2h_{6,2}; all later rows follow by Pascal multiplication by 1+t1+t.

    Citation: Conjecture source: B. Shapiro, I. Smirnov, A. Vaintrob, “Deformed graphical zonotopal algebras,” arXiv:2204.11331, Example 4.9. No prior published resolution is used here.

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    model says: correctGPT-5.5 xhigh (SMD judge 1)

    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE1

    PASS

    The argument proves the intended Pascal recursion for Example 4.9 from the row containing 1414 onward. The leaf-extension step is valid: extending a pendant path at a leaf makes the filtered algebra a tensor product with K[e]/(e2)K[e]/(e^2), so the Hilbert series is multiplied by 1+t1+t. The base computation for T6T_6 gives the Hilbert sequence (1,6,14,10,1)(1,6,14,10,1), and iteration yields the displayed Pascal-type rows. I found no evidence of an existing prior resolution.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: This appears to be a genuinely new resolution of a very narrow computational/example-level conjecture from Shapiro–Smirnov–Vaintrob. The proof is short: a simple pendant-path extension tensor-product observation plus one finite T6T_6 calculation. It would be useful as a clarification or small note to the authors, but not substantial enough for a standalone combinatorics paper.

    Literature check: I found no evidence that the specific Pascal-type formula in Example 4.9, or the stronger leaf-extension argument specialized to this family, has appeared in the literature. The arXiv record for the source paper still presents it as part of the paper’s computational/conjectural material; the only later result explicitly noted there is Eur–Huh–Larson’s resolution of a different log-concavity-related conjecture/Problem 5.1 direction. Searches of arXiv metadata/pages, title/phrase searches, GitHub/code/issues, local indexed datasets, and related open web sources did not reveal an existing proof of Example 4.9.

    Citation: B. Shapiro, I. Smirnov, A. Vaintrob, “Deformed graphical zonotopal algebras,” arXiv:2204.11331, Example 4.9.

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