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Generalized break divisors and triangulations of Lawrence polytopes

Combinatorics 2025-05-16 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a connected graph of genus gg. The Picard group of degree gg, Picg(G)\text{Pic}^g(G), is the set of equivalence classes of divisors on GG of degree gg, where two divisors are equivalent if one can be reached from the other through a sequence of chip-firing moves. We construct sets of representatives of the equivalence classes in Picg(G)\text{Pic}^g(G) by defining a function IGI_G on the spanning trees of GG from a triangulation of the Lawrence polytope of the cographic matroid M(G)\mathcal{M}^\ast(G). Additionally, such sets of representatives correspond to stability conditions on the nodal curve dual to the graph GG. We show that IGI_G that are constructed from regular triangulations of Lawrence polytope correspond to classical stability conditions, which are induced by generic real-valued divisors on GG.

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@article{arxiv.2505.09719,
  title  = {Generalized break divisors and triangulations of Lawrence polytopes},
  author = {Natasha Crepeau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.09719},
  year   = {2025}
}