Newton-Okounkov bodies for Bott-Samelson varieties and string polytopes for generalized Demazure modules (Q1794079)

In the paper under review, the author extends the notion of string polytopes for Demazure modules to generalized Demazure modules and proves that the generalized string polytopes are same as the Newton-Okounkov bodies for Bott-Samelson varieties with respect to a special valuation. The main result is in the line of research on crystal bases and Newton-Okounkov bodies (see [\textit{K. Kaveh}, Duke Math. J. 164, No. 13, 2461--2506 (2015; Zbl 1428.14083)] for instance). Let \(G\) be a connected, simply-connected semisimple algebraic group over \(\mathbb{C}\), \(B\) its Borel subgroup, and \(I\) be the index set for the corresponding Dynkin diagram. For a sequence \(\mathbf{i} = (i_1, i_2, \ldots, i_r)\) of the index set \(I\), let \(Z_\mathbf{i}\) be a Bott-Samelson variety, and let \( \mathcal{L}_{\mathbf{i},\mathbf{m}}\) be a certain line bundle on \(Z_\mathbf{i}\) for any \(\mathbf{m} = (m_1, \ldots, m_r) \in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge0}^r \). As a \(B\)-module, the author investigates the space \(H^0(Z_\mathbf{i}, \mathcal{L}_{\mathbf{i},\mathbf{m}})\) of global sections, which is isomorphic to the dual of generalized Demazure module, and studies its module structure in the viewpoint of crystal theory. The author then extends the notion of string parametrization (resp.\ string polytopes) to the generalized Demazure crystals. Based on these results, the author shows that the generalized string polytopes are same as the Newton-Okounkov bodies for \(Z_\mathbf{i}\) and investigate their properties.