Polynomiality conjecture for weight multiplicities of Weyl modules

Let g{\mathfrak g} be a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra with fundamental weights ωi\omega_i, simple roots αi\alpha_i, rank rk(g){\rm rk}({\mathfrak g}), and let P+P^+ be its set of dominant integral weights. Write

λ=iλiωi,μ=iμiαi.\lambda=\sum_i\lambda_i\omega_i,\qquad \mu=\sum_i\mu^i\alpha_i.

For a finitely generated algebra AA and a character ϵ:AC\epsilon:A\to\mathbb C, let WϵA(λ)W^A_\epsilon(\lambda) denote the corresponding Weyl module; write Wd(λ)W^d(\lambda) for the case A=C[x1,,xd]A=\mathbb C[x^1,\dots,x^d] and evaluation at the origin, and let M=SpecAM=\operatorname{Spec}A.

Polynomiality conjecture. For d>0d>0, dimWd(λ)λμ\dim W^d(\lambda)^{\lambda-\mu} is a polynomial in λ1,,λrk(g)\lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_{{\rm rk}({\mathfrak g})}, of degree μid\mu^i d in the variable λi\lambda_i for i=1,,rk(g)i=1,\dots,{\rm rk}({\mathfrak g}). Even for a singular point, there exists ν\nu such that, whenever λνP+\lambda-\nu\in P^+, dimWϵA(λ)λμ\dim W^A_\epsilon(\lambda)^{\lambda-\mu} is a polynomial in these variables, of degree μid\mu^i d in λi\lambda_i for i=1,,rk(g)i=1,\dots,{\rm rk}({\mathfrak g}), where d=dimMd=\dim M.

This predicts that weight multiplicities of Weyl modules vary polynomially with the highest weight, including at singular points of the underlying algebraic scheme. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

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S. Loktev, “Weight Multiplicity Polynomials of multi-variable Weyl Modules”, arXiv:0806.0170 (2009).

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