The twist for positroid varieties

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DOI10.1112/PLMS.12056zbMATH Open1408.14154arXiv1606.08383OpenAlexW2463967208MaRDI QIDQ4597585FDOQ4597585


Authors: Greg Muller, David E Speyer Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 13 December 2017

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The purpose of this note is to connect two maps related to certain graphs embedded in the disc. The first is Postnikov's boundary measurement map, which combines partition functions of matchings in the graph into a map from an algebraic torus to an open positroid variety in a Grassmannian. The second is a rational map from the open positroid variety to an algebraic torus, given by certain Pl"ucker coordinates which are expected to be a cluster in a cluster structure. This paper clarifies the relationship between these two maps, which has been ambiguous since they were introduced by Postnikov in 2001. The missing ingredient supplied by this paper is a twist automorphism of the open positroid variety, which takes the target of the boundary measurement map to the domain of the (conjectural) cluster. Among other applications, this provides an inverse to the boundary measurement map, as well as Laurent formulas for twists of Pl"ucker coordinates.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.08383




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