Modified diagonals and linear relations between small diagonals

Abstract: We prove that the vanishings of the modified diagonal cycles of Gross and Schoen govern the

m a t h b b Z

-linear relations between small

m

-diagonals

e x t {p t}^{1, l d o t s, n s e t m i n u s A} i m e s D e l t a_{A}

in the rational Chow ring of

X^{n}

for

A

ranging over

m

-element subsets of

1, l d o t s, n

. Our results generalize to arbitrary symmetric classes in place of the diagonal in

X^{m}

, and with different types of inclusions

. The combinatorial heart of this paper, which may be of independent interest, is showing the

m a t h b b Z

-linear relations between elementary symmetric polynomials

e_{k} (x_{a_{1}}, l d o t s, x_{a_{m}}) i n m a t h b b Z [x_{1}, l d o t s, x_{n}]

are generated by the

S_{n}

-translates of a certain alternating sum over the facets of a hyperoctahedron.

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