Ravanini–Tateo–Valleriani periodicity conjecture for simply laced Y-systems

Let XrX_r and XrX'_{r'} be simply laced Dynkin diagrams of finite type, with index sets II and II', Coxeter numbers hh and hh', and ranks rr and rr'. A family of positive real numbers Yii(u)Y_{ii'}(u), for iIi\in I, iIi'\in I', and uZu\in\mathbb{Z}, satisfies the Y-system Y(Xr,Xr)\mathbb{Y}(X_r,X'_{r'}) when

Yii(u1)Yii(u+1)=j:ji(1+Yji(u))j:ji(1+Yij(u)1),Y_{ii'}(u-1)Y_{ii'}(u+1)=\frac{\displaystyle\prod_{j:j\sim i}(1+Y_{ji'}(u))}{\displaystyle\prod_{j':j'\sim i'}(1+Y_{ij'}(u)^{-1})},

where adjacency is taken in the respective Dynkin diagrams. Ravanini–Tateo–Valleriani periodicity conjecture. Every such solution satisfies

Yii(u+2(h+h))=Yii(u).Y_{ii'}(u+2(h+h'))=Y_{ii'}(u).

The conjecture generalizes Zamolodchikov’s periodicity conjecture. The source records proofs in several special cases and states that Keller subsequently proved it in full generality.

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Tomoki Nakanishi, “Dilogarithm identities for conformal field theories and cluster algebras: simply laced case”, arXiv:0909.5480 (2010).

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