Conjecture on the representation structure of electrical Lie algebras of type D

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Let sp2n\mathfrak{sp}_{2n} be the symplectic Lie algebra, let VνV_{\nu} be its standard representation, let V0V_{\mathbf{0}} be its trivial representation, and let VλV_{\lambda} be the irreducible sp2n\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}-representation whose highest weight λ\lambda is the sum of the first and second fundamental weights. Representation-structure conjecture. The electrical Lie algebra eD2n+1\mathfrak{e}_{D_{2n+1}} is an extension of

sp2n⋉Vν\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}\ltimes V_{\nu}

by Vλ⊕V0V_{\lambda}\oplus V_{\mathbf{0}}; equivalently, there is a short exact sequence

0⟶Vλ⊕V0⟶eD2n+1⟶sp2n⋉Vν⟶0.0\longrightarrow V_{\lambda}\oplus V_{\mathbf{0}}\longrightarrow \mathfrak{e}_{D_{2n+1}}\longrightarrow \mathfrak{sp}_{2n}\ltimes V_{\nu}\longrightarrow 0.

This conjecture refines the preceding structural results, including the radical description and quotient by the radical, by specifying the remaining extension as an sp2n\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}-representation. The source gives no evidence of a resolution.

References

Primary source

Yi Su, “Electrical Lie Algebra of Classical Types”, arXiv:1410.1188 (2014).

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