Initial ideals of Pfaffian ideals

Abstract: We resolve a conjecture about a class of binomial initial ideals of

I_{2, n}

, the ideal of the Grassmannian, Gr

(2, m a t h b b C^{n}

), which are associated to phylogenetic trees. For a weight vector

o m e g a

in the tropical Grassmannian,

i n_{o} m e g a (I_{2, n}) = J_{m} a t h c a l T

is the ideal associated to the tree

m a t h c a l T

. The ideal generated by the

2 r i m e s 2 r

subpfaffians of a generic

n i m e s n

skew-symmetric matrix is precisely

I_{2, n}^{r - 1}

, the

(r - 1)

-secant of

I_{2, n}

. We prove necessary and sufficient conditions on the topology of

m a t h c a l T

in order for

i n_{o} m e g a (I_{2, n})^{2} = J_{m} a t h c a l T^{2}

. We also give a new classof prime initial ideals of the Pfaffian ideals.

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