The Weil-generic vanishing conjecture for lower central series quotients

Let

A=Cx,y/(P),A=\mathbb{C}\langle x,y\rangle/(P),

where PP is a noncommutative polynomial of degree dd whose abelianization is square-free, and let BmB_m and NmN_m denote the associated lower central series quotients with graded pieces Bm[r]B_m[r] and Nm[r]N_m[r]. Say that PP is Weil generic if it lies outside a countable union of hypersurfaces in the space of noncommutative polynomials of degree dd.

Weil-generic vanishing conjecture. For Weil generic PP of degree dd,

Bm[r]=Nm[r]=0B_m[r]=N_m[r]=0

for r2d+m3r\geq 2d+m-3. Equivalently, the width of the interval of nonzero values is at most 2d32d-3.

The preceding proposition gives the weaker bound r2d+2m5r\geq 2d+2m-5 for Bm[r]=0B_m[r]=0 and r2d+2m4r\geq 2d+2m-4 for Nm[r]=0N_m[r]=0. Computational evidence suggests that the sharper bound holds, but the source does not report a proof.

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Primary source

Nabilah Abughazalah and Pavel Etingof, “On properties of the lower central series of associative algebras”, arXiv:1508.00943 (2016).

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