McNamara's center conjecture for cyclotomic Hecke algebras

Let KK) be a field and let 1ξK×1\neq \xi\in K^\times. Write

Λ=Λκ1++Λκr,κiZ(1ir),\Lambda=\Lambda_{\kappa_1}+\cdots+\Lambda_{\kappa_r},\qquad \kappa_i\in\mathbb{Z}\quad(1\leq i\leq r),

and let Hn,KΛ\mathscr{H}_{n,K}^\Lambda be the corresponding cyclotomic Hecke algebra, with Jucys–Murphy elements L1,,Ln\mathcal{L}_1,\ldots,\mathcal{L}_n.

McNamara's center conjecture. The center Z(Hn,KΛ)Z(\mathscr{H}_{n,K}^\Lambda) is precisely the set of symmetric polynomials in L1,,Ln\mathcal{L}_1,\ldots,\mathcal{L}_n.

The conjecture identifies the center with the symmetric-polynomial subalgebra generated by the commuting Jucys–Murphy elements. It was proved in several special cases, but the source states that it remains open in general.

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Jun Hu and Lei Shi, “On the cocenter of the cyclotomic Hecke algebra of type G(r,1,n)”, arXiv:2211.07069 (2026).

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