A modification of the Anderson-Mirković conjecture for Mirković-Vilonen polytopes in types \(B\) and \(C\) (Q947531)

Let \(G\) be a connected simply connected semisimple complex algebraic group, and \(G^{\vee}\) be its Langlands dual group. Mirković and Vilonen discovered a family of closed irreducible algebraic subvarieties, called MV cycles, of the affine Grassmannian \(\mathcal{G}\) associated to \(G\), which provide a basis for each finite-dimensional irreducible representation of \(G^{\vee}\). In order to obtain an explicit combinatorial description of MV cycles, \textit{J. E. Anderson} [Duke Math. J. 116, 567--588 (2003; Zbl 1064.20047)] defined MV polytopes for the Lie algebra of the group \(G\) to be the moment map image of these cycles. In the present paper, an explicit description of the (lowering) Kashiwara operators on MV polytopes in types B and C is given. This provides a simple method for generating MV polytopes inductively. The description can be thought of as a modification of the one in the original Anderson-Mirković conjecture, which Kamnitzer proved in the case of type A, and presented a counterexample in the case of type \(\text{C}_3\).