Conjecture on the multiplicity of the trivial K-type in Dirac cohomology

Let GG be a complex group, let KK be its maximal compact subgroup, let ρ\rho be the half sum of the relevant positive roots, and let E(ρ)E(\rho) be the representation with highest weight ρ\rho. Write [Spin:E(ρ)][\operatorname{Spin}:E(\rho)] for the multiplicity of E(ρ)E(\rho) in the spin module.

Multiplicity conjecture. A unitary representation with infinitesimal character ρ/2\rho/2 has Dirac cohomology consisting of the trivial KK-type with multiplicity [Spin:E(ρ)][\operatorname{Spin}:E(\rho)] or zero.

The preceding theorem proves this assertion for representations unitarily induced from suitable dominant characters of Levi subgroups, and the paper presents the broader statement as evidence-supported but unresolved.

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Dan Barbasch and Pavle Pandžić, “Dirac cohomology and unipotent representations of complex groups”, arXiv:1007.1289 (2010).

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