Semisimplicity conjecture for the Cohen–Wales algebra

Let ll, mm and rr be three nonzero complex numbers with m=1rrm=\frac{1}{r}-r. The Cohen–Wales algebra (CGW algebra) with parameters ll and mm is considered over the field Q(l,r)\mathbb{Q}(l,r).

Semisimplicity conjecture. The CGW algebra is semisimple except possibly if rr is a root of unity or if

lk=4n{r2k5,r52k,r4k7,r74k,r72k,r2k7}.l\in\bigcup_{k=4}^n\{r^{2k-5},-r^{5-2k},-r^{4k-7},r^{7-4k},r^{7-2k},-r^{2k-7}\}.

This conjecture gives the expected exceptional parameter values for semisimplicity, in the spirit of known semisimplicity criteria for related algebras. The source provides no resolution, so the conjecture is recorded as open.

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Primary source

Claire I. Levaillant, “Reducibility of the Cohen-Wales representation of the Artin group of type D_n”, arXiv:1103.5673 (2011).

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