Finite-field equality conjecture for nilpotency degrees

Let F{\mathbb F} be a finite field and L{\mathbb L} an infinite field such that

char(F)=char(L).\operatorname{char}({\mathbb F})=\operatorname{char}({\mathbb L}).

Let Cn,dFC_{n,d}^{\mathbb F} and Cn,dLC_{n,d}^{\mathbb L} denote the nilpotency degrees of the relatively free associative algebras with identity xn=0x^n=0 over these fields. Finite-field equality conjecture. The nilpotency degrees are equal:

Cn,dF=Cn,dL.C_{n,d}^{\mathbb F}=C_{n,d}^{\mathbb L}.

The source says that this equality holds for n=2,3n=2,3 and all dd, and for n=4,5n=4,5 when d=2d=2. No general proof or refutation is supplied.

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Primary source

Artem A. Lopatin and Ivan P. Shestakov, “Associative nil-algebras over finite fields”, arXiv:1303.0898 (2013).

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