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Gelfand-Tsetlin polytopes and the integer decomposition property

Combinatorics 2018-11-13 v4

Abstract

Let PP be the Gelfand--Tsetlin polytope defined by the skew shape λ/μ\lambda/\mu and weight ww. In the case corresponding to a standard Young tableau, we completely characterize for which shapes λ/μ\lambda/\mu the polytope PP is integral. Furthermore, we show that PP is a compressed polytope whenever it is integral and corresponds to a standard Young tableau. We conjecture that a similar property hold for arbitrary ww, namely that PP has the integer decomposition property whenever it is integral. Finally, a natural partial ordering on GT-polytopes is introduced that provides information about integrality and the integer decomposition property, which implies the conjecture for certain shapes.

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@article{arxiv.1405.4718,
  title  = {Gelfand-Tsetlin polytopes and the integer decomposition property},
  author = {Per Alexandersson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.4718},
  year   = {2018}
}

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23 pages. Accepted for publication in the European Journal of Combinatorics

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