The categorical half-twist conjecture

Let WW be a finite Coxeter group, let H0(W)\mathcal{H}^0(W) be its characteristic-zero Hecke category, and let Kb(H0)K^b(\mathcal{H}^0) be the bounded homotopy category. For each cell λ\lambda, let I<λ\mathcal{I}_{<\lambda} be the ideal generated by strictly lower cells, and let BwB_w be the indecomposable Soergel bimodule indexed by ww. Let HTW\operatorname{HT}_W denote the half-twist Rouquier complex.

Categorical half-twist conjecture. If ww lies in the cell λ\lambda, then

HTWBw(I<λBSchuL(w)(x(λ))[c(λ)]0).\operatorname{HT}_W\otimes B_w\cong \left(\ldots_{\mathcal{I}_{<\lambda}}\rightarrow B_{\operatorname{Schu}_L(w)}(\mathbf{x}(\lambda))[\mathbf{c}(\lambda)]\rightarrow 0\right).

Equivalently, the minimal complex has one copy of BSchuL(w)B_{\operatorname{Schu}_L(w)} in homological degree c(λ)\mathbf{c}(\lambda) and grading shift x(λ)\mathbf{x}(\lambda), with all other terms in strictly lower cells and strictly lower homological degrees. This conjecture was proven in type AA; the paper notes that a proof for dihedral types was in preparation.

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Ben Elias, Lars Thorge Jensen and Joel Gibson, “Categorical diagonalization and p-cells”, arXiv:2111.12190 (2022).

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