Generic torus orbit closures in Schubert varieties (Q2010645)

Let \(G\) be the general linear group \(GL(n, \mathbb{C})\) and \(B\) the Borel subgroup of the upper triangle matrices in \(G\). Let \(T\) be the torus subgroup of the diagonal matrices in \(B\). Then \(T\) acts on \(G/B\), called flag variety, induced by the left multiplication on \(G\). \textit{J. B. Carrell} and \textit{A. Kurth} [J. Algebra 233, No. 1, 122--134 (2000; Zbl 1023.14023)] showed that the closure \(\bar{ \mathscr{O}}\) of a \(T\)-orbit \(\mathscr{O}\) of an element of \(G/B\) is normal and so \(\bar{\mathscr{O}}\) is a toric variety. Moreover, if \(\bar{\mathscr{O}}\) contains all \(T\)-fixed points in \(G/B\), then it is the permutohedral variety of complex dimension \(n-1\). An element \(w\) of the symmetric group \(S_n\) on \( \{ 1, \dots, n \} \) defines the permutation matrix \([e_{w(1)} \cdots e_{w(n)}]\) where \(\{e_1, \dots, e_n \}\) is the standard column vectors in \(\mathbb{R}^n\). So one may think of \(w\) as an element of \(G\). Then the fixed point set of the action of \(T\) on \(G/B\) can be identified with \(S_n\). Let \( w \in S_n\). Then the subset \(\overline{(BwB)/B} \subseteq G/B\) is called a \textit{Schubert variety} and it is denoted by \(X_w\). The set \(X_w\) is invariant under the \(T\)-action. The author of this paper defines that an orbit in \(X_w\) is \textit{generic} if its closure contains all \(T\)-fixed points in \(X_w\). Section 2 of this paper (under review) studies generic points in \(X_w\) and discusses the moment map \(\mu \colon G/B \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^n\). Section 3 of this paper studies the fan structure of the generic torus orbit closure, denoted by \(Y_w\), of a generic \(T\)-orbit in \(X_w\). Moreover, they give necessary and sufficient conditions when a point in \(X_w\) is geberic. Section 4 of this paper studies right weak order on \(S_n\) and right weak order intervals. Section 5 of this paper discusses the dual cone(s) of the maximal cone(s) in the fan of the generic torus orbit closure \(Y_w\) associated to the point \(wB\). Then they study when this dual is a simplicial complex. Moreover, they showed that smoothness of \(Y_w\) is same as the simplicity of the dual cone(s) associated to the point \(wB \in Y_B\). Section 7 of this paper gives necessary and sufficient conditions for when \(Y_w\) is smooth at other fixed points \(u \leq w\). In particular, the authors get necessary and sufficient conditions when the Schubert variety \(X_w\) is a toric variety. Section 8 of this paper introduces a polynomial \(A_w(t)\) generalizing the concept of Eulerian number. Then they showed that if \(Y_w\) is smooth then its Poincaré polynomial agrees with \(A_w(t^2)\). Moreover, they give necessary and sufficient conditions when the polynomial \(A_w(t)\) is palindromic. At the end, the authors compute Poincaré polynomial of \(Y_w\) in terms of the combinatorics of the image \(\mu (Y_w).\)