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Acta Mathematica Vietnamica

On Relations for Zeros of f-Polynomials and f+-Polynomials

icon-email Tadashi Ishibe

Abstract

Let Φ be an irreducible (possibly noncrystallographic) root system of rank l of type P. For the corresponding cluster complex Δ(P), which is known as pure (l1)-dimensional simplicial complex, we define the generating function of the number of faces of Δ(P) with dimension i1, which is called f-polynomial. We show that the f-polynomial has exactly l simple real zeros on the interval (0,1) and the smallest root for the infinite series of type Al,Bl, and Dl monotone decreasingly converges to zero as the rank l tends to infinity. We also consider the generating function (called the f+-polynomial) of the number of faces of the positive part Δ+(P) of the complex Δ(P) with dimension i1, whose zeros are real and simple and are located in the interval (0,1), including a simple root at t=1. We show that the roots in decreasing order of f-polynomial alternate with the roots in decreasing order of f+-polynomial.