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On the support of Grothendieck polynomials

Combinatorics 2022-01-25 v1

Abstract

Grothendieck polynomials Gw\mathfrak{G}_w of permutations wSnw\in S_n were introduced by Lascoux and Sch\"utzenberger in 1982 as a set of distinguished representatives for the K-theoretic classes of Schubert cycles in the K-theory of the flag variety of Cn\mathbb{C}^n. We conjecture that the exponents of nonzero terms of the Grothendieck polynomial Gw\mathfrak{G}_w form a poset under componentwise comparison that is isomorphic to an induced subposet of Zn\mathbb{Z}^n. When wSnw\in S_n avoids a certain set of patterns, we conjecturally connect the coefficients of Gw\mathfrak{G}_w with the M\"obius function values of the aforementioned poset with 0^\hat{0} appended. We prove special cases of our conjectures for Grassmannian and fireworks permutations.

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@article{arxiv.2201.09452,
  title  = {On the support of Grothendieck polynomials},
  author = {Karola Mészáros and Linus Setiabrata and Avery St. Dizier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.09452},
  year   = {2022}
}

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15 pages, 7 figures