Quantum positivity and canonical-basis equality for Kirillov–Reshetikhin monomials

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Let m(i)[p,s]m^{(i)}[p,s] be a Kirillov–Reshetikhin monomial, and let Fq(m(i)[p,s])F_q(m^{(i)}[p,s]) and Lq(m(i)[p,s])L_q(m^{(i)}[p,s]) denote the associated KR-polynomial and canonical-basis element. KR-polynomial conjecture. For every KR-monomial m(i)[p,s]m^{(i)}[p,s], the element Fq(m(i)[p,s])F_q(m^{(i)}[p,s]) is quantum positive, meaning that every coefficient belongs to

N0[q±1/2].\mathbb{N}_0[q^{\pm 1/2}].

Moreover,

Lq(m(i)[p,s])=Fq(m(i)[p,s]).L_q(m^{(i)}[p,s])=F_q(m^{(i)}[p,s]).

The conjecture links the quantum cluster-algebra construction of KR-polynomials with the canonical basis. The source reports that the positivity assertion is proved by Nakajima in symmetric cases, while the general statement remains open.

References

Primary source

Kyu-Hwan Lee and Se-jin Oh, “Quantum cluster algebra, braid moves and quantum virtual Grothendieck ring”, arXiv:2402.08140 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2023–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2304.07246.

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