Non-elliptic webs and convex sets in the affine building (Q2221631)

Summary: We describe the \(\mathfrak{sl}_3\) non-elliptic webs in terms of convex sets in the affine building. Kuperberg defined the non-elliptic web basis in his work on rank-\(2\) spider categories. \textit{B. Fontaine} et al. [Compos. Math. 149, No. 11, 1871--1912 (2013; Zbl 1304.22016)] showed that the \(\mathfrak{s}l_3\) non-elliptic webs are dual to CAT(0) triangulated diskoids in the affine building. We show that each such triangulated diskoid is the intersection of the min-convex and max-convex hulls of a generic polygon in the building. Choosing a generic polygon from each of the components of the Satake fiber produces (the duals of) the non-elliptic web basis. The convex hulls in the affine building were first introduced by \textit{G. Faltings} [Prog. Math. 195, 157--184 (2001; Zbl 1028.14002)] and are related to tropical convexity, as discussed in work by \textit{M. Joswig} et al. [Albanian J. Math. 1, No. 4, 187--211 (2007; Zbl 1133.52003)] and by \textit{L. Zhang} [``Computing convex hulls in the affine building of \(\mathfrak{sl}_d\)'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1811.08884}].