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The miracle of integer eigenvalues

Combinatorics 2024-03-15 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

For partially ordered sets XX we consider the square matrices MXM^{X} with rows and columns indexed by linear extensions of the partial order on XX. Each entry (MX)PQ\left( M^{X}\right)_{PQ} is a formal variable defined by a pedestal of the linear order QQ with respect to linear order PP. We show that all the eigenvalues of any such matrix MXM^{X} are Z\mathbb{Z}-linear combinations of those variables.

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@article{arxiv.2401.05291,
  title  = {The miracle of integer eigenvalues},
  author = {Richard Kenyon and Maxim Kontsevich and Oleg Ogievetsky and Cosmin Pohoata and Will Sawin and Senya Shlosman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.05291},
  year   = {2024}
}
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