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Oriented matroid structures on rank 3 root systems

Combinatorics 2024-10-16 v1

Abstract

We show that, given a rank 3 affine root system Φ\Phi with Weyl group WW, there is a unique oriented matroid structure on Φ\Phi which is WW-equivariant and restricts to the usual matroid structure on rank 2 subsystems. Such oriented matroids were called oriented matroid root systems in Dyer-Wang (2021), and are known to be non-unique in higher rank. We also show uniqueness for any finite root system or "clean" rank 3 root system (which conjecturally includes all rank 3 root systems).

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@article{arxiv.2410.11717,
  title  = {Oriented matroid structures on rank 3 root systems},
  author = {Grant Barkley and Katherine Tung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.11717},
  year   = {2024}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure

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