Conjectural irreducibility criterion for the Lawrence–Krammer representation

Let G1,,Gn1G_1,\ldots,G_{n-1} be the matrices describing the actions of the BMW generators g1,,gn1g_1,\ldots,g_{n-1} on the spanning elements of a vector space WW, and define

Ei=lm(Gi2+mGiI(n2)),1in1.E_i=\frac{l}{m}\left(G_i^2+mG_i-I_{\binom{n}{2}}\right),\qquad 1\leq i\leq n-1.

Here B(An1)B(A_{n-1}) is the BMW algebra, FF is the coefficient field, and M(k,F)\mathcal{M}(k,F) denotes the k×kk\times k matrices over FF. Irreducibility conjecture. For n=3n=3, the assignment

B(A2)M(3,F),g1,g2G1,G2,e1,e2E1,E2B(A_2)\longrightarrow\mathcal{M}(3,F),\qquad g_1,g_2\longmapsto G_1,G_2,\qquad e_1,e_2\longmapsto E_1,E_2

is a representation, and it is irreducible if and only if lr3,1,1,1r3l\notin\\{-r^3,-1,1,\frac{1}{r^3}\\}. In general, the assignment

B(An1)M((n2),F),giGi,eiEiB(A_{n-1})\longrightarrow\mathcal{M}\left(\binom{n}{2},F\right),\qquad g_i\longmapsto G_i,\qquad e_i\longmapsto E_i

is a representation, and it is irreducible if and only if lr,r3,1rn3,1rn3,1r2n3l\notin\\{r,-r^3,-\frac{1}{r^{n-3}},\frac{1}{r^{n-3}},\frac{1}{r^{2n-3}}\\}. No resolution is supplied in the cited passage.

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Claire Levaillant, “Irreducibility of the Lawrence-Krammer representation of the BMW algebra of type A_n-1, PhD thesis California Institute of Technology 2008”, arXiv:0901.3908 (2009).

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