Humphreys' conjecture on blocks for reduced enveloping algebras

Let GG be a reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p>0p>0, let g{\mathfrak g} be its Lie algebra, and let χg\chi\in{\mathfrak g}^{*} be nilpotent. Let Λχ\Lambda_\chi be the relevant set of weights and let WW_{\bullet} denote the corresponding dot-action of the Weyl group. The map ff associates to each block of Uχ(g)U_\chi({\mathfrak g}) an element of Λχ/W\Lambda_\chi/W_{\bullet}. Humphreys' conjecture on blocks. The map ff is a bijection; equivalently, there is a natural bijection between the blocks of Uχ(g)U_\chi({\mathfrak g}) and Λχ/W\Lambda_\chi/W_{\bullet}, so that

{BlocksUχ(g)}=Λχ/W.\left\vert\{\operatorname{Blocks}\, U_\chi({\mathfrak g})\}\right\vert=\left\vert\Lambda_\chi/W_{\bullet}\right\vert.

This conjecture parametrises the blocks of reduced enveloping algebras. The paper states that it is known under Jantzen's standard assumptions and establishes it under slightly weaker assumptions, including a new proof for type G2G_2 in characteristic 33; the general claim is therefore not presented as resolved in the supplied text.

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Matthew Westaway, “A note on Humphreys' conjecture on blocks”, arXiv:2111.10909 (2022).

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