The nilpotent centralizer conjecture for generalized punctual Hilbert schemes

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Let g\mathfrak{g} be a semisimple Lie algebra of rank at least 33, let A∈gA\in\mathfrak{g} be nilpotent, and write Z(A)Z(A) for its centralizer and rk⁡g\operatorname{rk}\mathfrak{g} for the rank. Nilpotent centralizer conjecture. There is B∈Z(A)B\in Z(A) nilpotent such that

dim⁡Z(A,B)=rk⁡g,\dim Z(A,B)=\operatorname{rk}\mathfrak{g},

i.e. [(A,B)]∈Hilb⁡0(g)[(A,B)]\in\operatorname{Hilb}_0(\mathfrak{g}). This should be true for a generic element B∈Z(A)B\in Z(A). The claim would ensure that every nilpotent conjugacy class occurs in the zero-fiber, but the paper leaves it conjectural.

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Alexander Thomas, “Generalized Punctual Hilbert Schemes and g-complex structures”, arXiv:1910.08504 (2021).

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