The nilpotent characterization conjecture for Θ\Theta-positive unipotents

Let GG be a semisimple Lie group with a Θ\Theta-positive structure, with nilpotent Lie algebra uΘ\mathfrak{u}_\Theta and positivity cones cβc^\circ_\beta for βΘ\beta\in\Theta. The nilpotent characterization conjecture. If

v=βΘvβ,vβcβ,v=\sum_{\beta\in\Theta}v_\beta,\qquad v_\beta\in c^\circ_\beta,

then exp(v)UΘ>0\exp(v)\in U_\Theta^{>0}. Conversely, if vuΘv\in\mathfrak{u}_\Theta and exp(tv)UΘ>0\exp(tv)\in U_\Theta^{>0}, then

v=βΘvβ,vβcβ.v=\sum_{\beta\in\Theta}v_\beta,\qquad v_\beta\in c^\circ_\beta.

This conjecture is intended to characterize the positive unipotent elements through their nilpotent logarithms; the source gives no resolution.

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Olivier Guichard and Anna Wienhard, “Positivity and higher Teichmüller theory”, arXiv:1802.02833 (2018).

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