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Cluster duality and mirror symmetry for Grassmannians

Algebraic Geometry 2017-12-06 v3 Combinatorics Representation Theory

Abstract

In this article we use the cluster structure on the Grassmannian and the combinatorics of plabic graphs to exhibit a new aspect of mirror symmetry for Grassmannians in terms of polytopes. For our AA-model, we consider the Grassmannian X=Grnk(Cn)\mathbb X=Gr_{n-k}(\mathbb{C}^n). The BB-model is a Landau-Ginzburg model (Xˇ,Wq:XˇC)(\check{\mathbb X}^\circ, W_q:\check{\mathbb X}^\circ \to \mathbb{C}), where Xˇ\check{\mathbb X}^\circ is the complement of a particular anti-canonical divisor in a Langlands dual Grassmannian Xˇ=Grk((Cn))\check{\mathbb X} = Gr_k((\mathbb{C}^n)^*), and the superpotential WqW_q has a simple expression in terms of Pl\"ucker coordinates, see [MarshRietsch]. From a given plabic graph GG we obtain two coordinate systems: using work of Postnikov and Talaska we have a positive chart ΦG:(C)k(nk)X\Phi_G:(\mathbb{C}^*)^{k(n-k)}\to \mathbb X in our AA-model, and using work of Scott we have a cluster chart ΦG:(C)k(nk)Xˇ\Phi_G^{\vee}:(\mathbb{C}^*)^{k(n-k)}\to \check{\mathbb X} in our BB-model. To each positive chart ΦG\Phi_G and choice of positive integer rr, we associate a polytope NOGrNO_G^r, which we construct as the convex hull of a set of integer lattice points. This polytope is an example of a Newton-Okounkov polytope associated to the line bundle O(r)\mathcal O(r) on X\mathbb X. On the other hand, using the cluster chart ΦG\Phi_G^{\vee} and the same positive integer rr, we obtain a polytope QGrQ_G^r -- described in terms of inequalities -- by "tropicalizing" the composition WtrΦGW_{t^r}\circ \Phi_G^{\vee}. Our main result is that the polytopes NOGrNO_G^r and QGrQ_G^r coincide.

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@article{arxiv.1507.07817,
  title  = {Cluster duality and mirror symmetry for Grassmannians},
  author = {Konstanze Rietsch and Lauren Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.07817},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

The paper has a gap in not considering the non-integral case and is subsumed by 1712.00447, where in particular this gap is filled

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