Central generation of Whittaker vectors in standard Whittaker modules

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Let g\mathfrak{g} be a Lie algebra with a fixed triangular decomposition

g=nhn+,\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{n}_-\oplus\mathfrak{h}\oplus\mathfrak{n}_+,

and set n=n+\mathfrak{n}=\mathfrak{n}_+. Let λ(n/[n,n])\lambda\in(\mathfrak{n}/[\mathfrak{n},\mathfrak{n}])^*, let LλL_\lambda be the one-dimensional n\mathfrak{n}-module defined by λ\lambda, choose a basis vector vλv_\lambda, and set Mλ=U(g)U(n)LλM_\lambda=U(\mathfrak{g})\otimes_{U(\mathfrak{n})}L_\lambda. Central-generation conjecture. For generic λ\lambda, the center Z(g)Z(\mathfrak{g}) of U(g)U(\mathfrak{g}) surjects onto the set of Whittaker vectors of MλM_\lambda via

zzvλ,zZ(g).z\longmapsto z\otimes v_\lambda,\qquad z\in Z(\mathfrak{g}).

This predicts that, generically, every Whittaker vector in the standard module arises from the center. The source presents it as a conjecture based on examples.

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Punita Batra and Volodymyr Mazorchuk, “Blocks and modules for Whittaker pairs”, arXiv:0910.3540 (2009).

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