Unique rectification in \(d\)-complete posets: towards the \(K\)-theory of Kac-Moody flag varieties (Q1991430)

Summary: The jeu-de-taquin-based Littlewood-Richardson rule of \textit{H. Thomas} and \textit{A. Yong} [Algebra Number Theory 3, No. 2, 121--148 (2009; Zbl 1229.05285)] for minuscule varieties has been extended in two orthogonal directions, either enriching the cohomology theory or else expanding the family of varieties considered. In one direction, \textit{A. Skovsted Buch} and \textit{M. J. Samuel} [J. Reine Angew. Math. 719, 133--171 (2016; Zbl 1431.19001)] developed a combinatorial theory of `unique rectification targets' in minuscule posets to extend the Thomas-Yong rule from ordinary cohomology to \(K\)-theory. Separately, \textit{P.-E. Chaput} and \textit{N. Perrin} [J. Lie Theory 22, No. 1, 17--80 (2012; Zbl 1244.14036)] used the combinatorics of R. Proctor's `\(d\)-complete posets' to extend the Thomas-Yong rule from minuscule varieties to a broader class of Kac-Moody structure constants. We begin to address the unification of these theories. Our main result is the existence of unique rectification targets in a large class of \(d\)-complete posets. From this result, we obtain conjectural positive combinatorial formulas for certain \(K\)-theoretic Schubert structure constants in the Kac-Moody setting.