Kontsevich–Suhov inverse-gamma conjecture for the diagonal distribution

Let μc\mu_c be the conjectural family of measures with values in Detc\operatorname{Det}^c, let νc\nu_c be its induced measure on welding homeomorphisms, and let aa be the diagonal parameter in a triangular factorization. Set H=log(a)H=-\log(a), α=1c\alpha=1-c, and choose βc>0\beta_c>0; the source allows that βc\beta_c may be proportional to h+(c)h^+(c), the larger of two conformal-anomaly values corresponding to c<1c<1. Kontsevich–Suhov inverse-gamma conjecture. The distribution of HH should be inverse gamma with parameters α\alpha and βc\beta_c, equivalently, for x>0x>0,

νc({σ:exp(x)a(σ)1})=Γ(α,βc/x)Γ(α).\nu_c(\{\sigma:\exp(-x)\le a(\sigma)\le1\})=\frac{\Gamma(\alpha,\beta_c/x)}{\Gamma(\alpha)}.

Its Laplace transform should be

aλdνc(σ)=2(βcλ)α2Γ(α)Kα(4βcλ),\int a^\lambda\,d\nu_c(\sigma)=\frac{2(\beta_c\lambda)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}}{\Gamma(\alpha)}K_\alpha\big(\sqrt{4\beta_c\lambda}\big),

where KαK_\alpha is a modified Bessel function; this function satisfies λf(λ)+cf(λ)βcf(λ)=0\lambda f”(\lambda)+c f'(\lambda)-\beta_c f(\lambda)=0. The conjecture generalizes the proposed c=0c=0 diagonal distribution, but the source gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Angel Chavez and Doug Pickrell, “Werner's Measure on Self-Avoiding Loops and Welding”, arXiv:1401.2675 (2014).

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