The PBW decomposition conjecture for the current algebra

Let Aq\mathcal A_q be the current algebra over F\mathbb F, with generators Wk\mathcal W_{-k}, Wk+1\mathcal W_{k+1}, Gk+1\mathcal G_{k+1}, and G~k+1\mathcal{\tilde G}_{k+1} for kNk\in\mathbb N. Let λ1,λ2,\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\ldots be mutually commuting indeterminates, let F[λ1,λ2,]\mathbb F[\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\ldots] be their polynomial algebra, and for YAqY\subseteq\mathcal A_q let Y\langle Y\rangle denote the subalgebra generated by YY. PBW decomposition conjecture. The following hold: (i) F[λ1,λ2,]W0,W1,\mathbb F[\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\ldots]\to\langle\mathcal W_0,\mathcal W_{-1},\ldots\rangle, λk+1Wk\lambda_{k+1}\mapsto\mathcal W_{-k}, is an algebra isomorphism; (ii) F[λ1,λ2,]W1,W2,\mathbb F[\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\ldots]\to\langle\mathcal W_1,\mathcal W_2,\ldots\rangle, λk+1Wk+1\lambda_{k+1}\mapsto\mathcal W_{k+1}, is an algebra isomorphism; (iii) F[λ1,λ2,]G1,G2,\mathbb F[\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\ldots]\to\langle\mathcal G_1,\mathcal G_2,\ldots\rangle, λk+1Gk+1\lambda_{k+1}\mapsto\mathcal G_{k+1}, is an algebra isomorphism; (iv) F[λ1,λ2,]G~1,G~2,\mathbb F[\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\ldots]\to\langle\mathcal{\tilde G}_1,\mathcal{\tilde G}_2,\ldots\rangle, λk+1G~k+1\lambda_{k+1}\mapsto\mathcal{\tilde G}_{k+1}, is an algebra isomorphism; and (v) the multiplication map

W0,W1,G1,G2,G~1,G~2,W1,W2,Aq,\langle\mathcal W_0,\mathcal W_{-1},\ldots\rangle\otimes\langle\mathcal G_1,\mathcal G_2,\ldots\rangle\otimes\langle\mathcal{\tilde G}_1,\mathcal{\tilde G}_2,\ldots\rangle\otimes\langle\mathcal W_1,\mathcal W_2,\ldots\rangle\to\mathcal A_q,

uvwxuvwxu\otimes v\otimes w\otimes x\mapsto uvwx, is an isomorphism of vector spaces.

A proof would yield a PBW basis for Aq\mathcal A_q. The statement is presented as a variation on an earlier conjecture, and no resolution is supplied.

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Paul Terwilliger, “An action of the free product Z_2 Z_2 Z_2 on the q-Onsager algebra and its current algebra”, arXiv:1808.09901 (2018).

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