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Cluster duality and mirror symmetry for the Grassmannian

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March 31, 2016
Keywords:
  • B-model
  • algebraic combinatorics
  • Grassmannians and cell decompositions
  • cluster algebras
  • mirror symmetry
  • polytope theory
  • Plucker coordinates
MSC:
  • 14M15
  • 14M12
  • 14M17
  • 14M25
  • 14J33
  • 14J32
  • 13F60
Abstract
In joint work with Konstanze Rietsch, we use the cluster structure on the Grassmannian and the combinatorics of plabic graphs to exhibit a new aspect of mirror symmetry for Grassmannians in terms of polytopes. From a given plabic graph G we have two coordinate systems: we have a positive chart for our A-model Grassmannian, and we have a cluster chart for our B-model (Landau-Ginzburg model) Grassmannian. On the A-model side, we use the positive chart to associate a corresponding Newton-Okounkov (A-model) polytope. On the B-model side, we use the cluster chart to express the superpotential as a Laurent polynomial, and by tropicalizing this expression, we obtain a B-model polytope. Our main result is that these two polytopes coincide.
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