Formality conjecture for de-equivariantized Ext algebras in relative Langlands duality

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Let GG be a reductive group, let XX be a spherical variety, and let D(L+G\LX)D^{}(L^+G\backslash LX) be the derived relative Satake category of L+GL^+G-equivariant complexes on LXLX. Let eL+X\mathrm{e}_{L^+X} be the constant sheaf on the closed orbit LX0=L+XLX_0=L^+X, and let \IC\cO(Gˇ)\IC_{\cO(\check G)} be the image of the regular representation \cO(Gˇ)\cO(\check G) under the abelian Satake equivalence. Define the de-equivariantized Ext algebra

AX:=R\HomD(L+G\LX)(eL+X,\IC\cO(Gˇ)⋆eL+X).A_X:=R\Hom_{D(L^+G\backslash LX)}(\mathrm{e}_{L^+X},\IC_{\cO(\check G)}\star\mathrm{e}_{L^+X}).

Formality conjecture. The dg-algebra AXA_X is formal: it is quasi-isomorphic to the graded algebra

AX≅Ext⁡D(L+G\LX)∙(eL+X,\IC\cO(Gˇ)⋆eL+X)A_X\cong\operatorname{Ext}^\bullet_{D(L^+G\backslash LX)}(\mathrm{e}_{L^+X},\IC_{\cO(\check G)}\star\mathrm{e}_{L^+X})

with trivial differential. This is a conjecture in relative Langlands duality for spherical varieties; the supplied text gives no evidence of a resolution.

References

Primary source

Tsao-Hsien Chen and Lingfei Yi, “Singularities of orbit closures in loop spaces of symmetric varieties”, arXiv:2310.20006 (2025).

Additional references

4 papers in this index state this conjecture (1999–2023). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1503.09099, arXiv:math/9910043, arXiv:math/9903191.

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