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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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When G is a tree, is it true that the Hilbert stratification of AGA_{G} consists of coordinate subspaces? In particular, does f=euf=e^{u} give a general Hilbert sequence?

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    Problem: Over a field k\mathbf k of characteristic 00, let GG be a finite tree and let

    AG={f(u)=u+a2u2+⋯+adud: d=max⁡v∈V(G)deg⁡(v)}.\mathcal A_G=\{f(u)=u+a_2u^2+\cdots+a_du^d:\ d=\max_{v\in V(G)}\deg(v)\}.

    For f∈AGf\in\mathcal A_G, the deformed graphical zonotopal algebra CGf\mathcal C_G^f is filtered by word-length in the generators Yv=f(Xv)Y_v=f(X_v), and its Hilbert sequence is

    HGf=(dim⁡Fj/Fj−1)j≥0.\mathscr H_G^f=(\dim F_j/F_{j-1})_{j\ge0}.

    Problem 5.2 asks whether, for trees, the Hilbert stratification of AG\mathcal A_G is by coordinate subspaces in the coordinates a2,…,ada_2,\dots,a_d. The phrase is slightly informal; the standard interpretation at least implies that two points with the same vanishing pattern of coordinates lie in the same Hilbert stratum.

    Result: The coordinate-subspace assertion is false.

    Take G=K1,5G=K_{1,5}, the star with five leaves. Write edge variables x1,…,x5x_1,\dots,x_5, so

    R=k[x1,…,x5]/(xi2)R=\mathbf k[x_1,\dots,x_5]/(x_i^2)

    has dimension 25=322^5=32. The leaf generators are xix_i, and the central generator is

    f(s),s=x1+⋯+x5.f(s),\qquad s=x_1+\cdots+x_5.

    Since ss is already in the span of the leaf generators, the filtration is generated in degree 11 by x1,…,x5x_1,\dots,x_5 and

    q=f(s)−s=Ae2+Be3+Ce4+De5,q=f(s)-s=Ae_2+Be_3+Ce_4+De_5,

    where ere_r is the elementary squarefree symmetric sum of degree rr, and

    A=2!a2,B=3!a3,C=4!a4,D=5!a5.A=2!a_2,\quad B=3!a_3,\quad C=4!a_4,\quad D=5!a_5.

    A direct filtration computation gives:

    HGf={(1,6,15,10),45ABC−9A2D−40B3=0,(1,6,16,9),45ABC−9A2D−40B3≠0,\mathscr H_G^f= \begin{cases} (1,6,15,10), & 45ABC-9A^2D-40B^3=0,\\ (1,6,16,9), & 45ABC-9A^2D-40B^3\ne0, \end{cases}

    for A,B,C,D≠0A,B,C,D\ne0.

    Indeed, F1=⟨1,x1,…,x5,q⟩F_1=\langle 1,x_1,\dots,x_5,q\rangle, so dim⁡F1=7\dim F_1=7. Modulo ordinary degree ≤2\le2, F2F_2 is spanned by

    Be3+Ce4+De5,Axie2+Bxie3+Cxie4 (1≤i≤5),6A2e4+20ABe5.Be_3+Ce_4+De_5,\quad A x_i e_2+B x_i e_3+C x_i e_4\ (1\le i\le5),\quad 6A^2e_4+20ABe_5.

    The five middle vectors contribute a 55-dimensional space; adding the two symmetric vectors raises the dimension by 22 or 11 according as

    det⁡(3A4B5CBCD06A220AB)=2A(45ABC−9A2D−40B3)\det \begin{pmatrix} 3A&4B&5C\\ B&C&D\\ 0&6A^2&20AB \end{pmatrix} =2A(45ABC-9A^2D-40B^3)

    is nonzero or zero. Thus dim⁡F2=23\dim F_2=23 or 2222. Also F3=RF_3=R: ordinary degree ≤3\le3 is generated by the xix_i’s, the elements xixjqx_ix_jq span degree 44, and xiq2=6A2e5x_iq^2=6A^2e_5 gives degree 55.

    Now compare

    f1(u)=u+u2+u3+u4+u5f_1(u)=u+u^2+u^3+u^4+u^5

    and

    f2(u)=u+u2+u3+u4+2u5.f_2(u)=u+u^2+u^3+u^4+2u^5.

    Both have all coordinates a2,a3,a4,a5a_2,a_3,a_4,a_5 nonzero. For f1f_1,

    45ABC−9A2D−40B3=0,45ABC-9A^2D-40B^3=0,

    so HGf1=(1,6,15,10)\mathscr H_G^{f_1}=(1,6,15,10). For f2f_2, the same expression is nonzero, so

    HGf2=(1,6,16,9).\mathscr H_G^{f_2}=(1,6,16,9).

    Thus the Hilbert stratification separates two points in the same coordinate torus (k\*)4(\mathbf k^\*)^4. Hence it cannot consist of coordinate subspaces.

    The exponential point, interpreted in AG\mathcal A_G as the truncation of eu−1e^u-1, has A=B=C=D=1A=B=C=D=1, and the determinant equals 45−9−40=−4≠045-9-40=-4\ne0; so for this particular counterexample eue^u is general. The counterexample disproves the coordinate-subspace assertion, but not the separate global exponential question.

    Citation: Definitions and Problem 5.2: Boris Shapiro, Ilya Smirnov, Arkady Vaintrob, “Deformed graphical zonotopal algebras,” arXiv:2204.11331. The counterexample above is the resolution supplied here.

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

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    The counterexample attacks the correct statement. For the star K1,5K_{1,5}, the reduction to the square-zero edge algebra and the filtration generated by xix_i and q=f(s)−sq=f(s)-s is valid. The F2F_2 computation correctly yields two different Hilbert sequences depending on the non-coordinate equation

    45ABC−9A2D−40B3=0.45ABC-9A^2D-40B^3=0.

    The two displayed polynomials have the same nonzero coordinate pattern but different Hilbert sequences, so the Hilbert stratification cannot be by coordinate subspaces. This does not settle the separate exponential-general question, but it rigorously disproves the main coordinate-subspace assertion. I found no prior stronger/similar published result in the searches available.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: The result appears genuinely new, but it is a small explicit counterexample: a short linear-algebra computation for the star K1,5K_{1,5} disproves only the coordinate-subspace part of Problem 5.2 and leaves the separate “eue^u is general” question open. This is useful as a correction/remark to the original paper, but likely too narrow for a standalone standard combinatorics journal paper.

    Literature check: I found no prior occurrence of this counterexample or a stronger negative result. I checked the original arXiv record and related arXiv searches for “deformed graphical zonotopal,” “Hilbert stratification,” “coordinate subspaces,” and related zonotopal-algebra terms. Semantic Scholar lists only two citing papers, including “Bizonotopal Graphical Algebras,” which cites the original paper as background but does not address Problem 5.2. Searches of accessible open web/GitHub/alphaXiv-style sources and exact phrases such as the determinant condition did not reveal the result.

    Citation: Boris Shapiro, Ilya Smirnov, Arkady Vaintrob, “Deformed graphical zonotopal algebras,” arXiv:2204.11331, Problem 5.2.

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