Khovanskii bases of subalgebras arising from finite distributive lattices

Abstract: The notion of Khovanskii bases was introduced by Kaveh and Manon. It is a generalization of the notion of SAGBI bases for a subalgebra of polynomials. The notion of SAGBI bases was introduced by Robbiano and Sweedler as an analogue of Gr\"{o}bner bases in the context of subalgebras. A Hibi ideal is an ideal of a polynomial ring that arises from a distributive lattice. For the development of an analogy of the theory of Hibi ideals and Gr\"{o}bner bases within the framework of subalgebras, in this paper, we investigate when the set of the polynomials associated with a distributive lattice forms a Khovanskii basis of the subalgebras it generates. We characterize such distributive lattices and their underlying posets. In particular, generalized snake posets and ${(2+2),(1+1+1)}$-free posets appear as the characterization.