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We introduce the conormal fan of a matroid M \operatorname {M} , which is a Lagrangian analog of the Bergman fan of M \operatorname {M} . We use the conormal fan to give a Lagrangian interpretation of the Chern–Schwartz–MacPherson cycle of M \operatorname {M} . This allows us to express the h h -vector of the broken circuit complex of M \operatorname {M} in terms of the intersection theory of the conormal fan of M \operatorname {M} . We also develop general tools for tropical Hodge theory to prove that the conormal fan satisfies Poincaré duality, the hard Lefschetz theorem, and the Hodge–Riemann relations. The Lagrangian interpretation of the Chern–Schwartz–MacPherson cycle of M \operatorname {M} , when combined with the Hodge–Riemann relations for the conormal fan of M \operatorname {M} , implies Brylawski’s and Dawson’s conjectures that the h h -vectors of the broken circuit complex and the independence complex of M \operatorname {M} are log-concave sequences.
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State modulation in spatial networks with three interneuron subtypes
Codes for the manuscript: Parker, M. M., Rubin, J. E., & Huang, C. (2025). State modulation in spatial networks with three interneuron subtypes. Science Advances, 11(26), eads9134.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2337640
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- 10612365
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- Zenodo
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- Computational neuroscience
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- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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- National Science Foundation
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