The generalised Saxl conjecture for Weyl groups

Let g\mathfrak{g} be a simple Lie algebra with Weyl group WW, Lie group GG, nilpotent cone N\mathcal{N}, and set of nilpotent orbits G\NG\backslash\mathcal{N}. Let d:G\NG\Nd:G\backslash\mathcal{N}\to G\backslash\mathcal{N} be Spaltenstein's order-reversing map, involutive on its range. Let O\mathcal{O} be a solvable nilpotent orbit corresponding, via the Springer correspondence with the trivial local system, to a special character σF=σO,triv\sigma_F=\sigma_{\mathcal{O},\operatorname{triv}} in Lusztig family FF, and suppose d(O)=Od(\mathcal{O})=\mathcal{O}. The generalised Saxl conjecture for Weyl groups. The representation

(σFσ)2\left(\bigoplus_{\sigma\in F}\sigma\right)^{\otimes 2}

contains every irreducible character of WW.

This generalises Saxl's conjecture from symmetric groups to Weyl groups using special nilpotent orbits and Lusztig families; the source presents it as a conjecture motivated by the Springer correspondence and spin representations.

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Yutong Chen, Felix Gu and Will Osborne, “Spin Representations of Finite Coxeter Groups and Generalisations of Saxl's Conjecture”, arXiv:2409.17540 (2024).

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