Mirković-Vilonen polytopes lying in a Demazure crystal and an opposite Demazure crystal (Q1028349)

The paper is concerned to the Mirković-Vilonen (MV for short) polytopes, defined by \textit{J. E. Anderson} [Duke Math. J. 116, No. 3, 567--588 (2003; Zbl 1064.20047)] and described by \textit{J. Kamnitzer} [Adv. Math. 215, No. 1, 66--93 (2007; Zbl 1134.14028)] as certain pseudo-Weyl polytopes. A necessary and sufficient condition for a MV polytope in a highest weight crystal to lie in a fixed Demazure crystal or in an opposite Demazure crystal is given in terms of the lengths of its edges. An explicit description as pseudo-Weyl polytopes is given for the extremal MV polytopes in a highest weight crystal. As a consequence, a polytopal condition is given for a MV polytope to lie in a fixed opposite Demazure crystal.