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The totally nonnegative part of G/P is a ball

Representation Theory 2021-06-10 v3 Algebraic Geometry Combinatorics

Abstract

We show that the totally nonnegative part of a partial flag variety (in the sense of Lusztig) is homeomorphic to a closed ball.

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@article{arxiv.1801.08953,
  title  = {The totally nonnegative part of G/P is a ball},
  author = {Pavel Galashin and Steven N. Karp and Thomas Lam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.08953},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

6 pages. v2: Proof of Lemma 1 moved to arXiv:1707.02010. v3: Minor changes