The even-spin W-infinity extension conjecture for the symplectic universal algebra

Let Wsp(c,k)\mathcal{W}^{\mathfrak{sp}}_{\infty}(c,\mathsf{k}) be the universal two-parameter vertex algebra, let H\ydiagram20\mathrm{H}^0_{\ydiagram{2}} denote its Virasoro-type reduction, and let RR be the original base ring with extension R^=R(γ(c,k))\widehat{R}=R(\gamma(c,\mathsf{k})). The parameters c1c_1 and c2c_2 are the central charges defined in the source. The even-spin W-infinity extension conjecture. The reduced algebra is an extension of the tensor product

Wev(c1,λ1)R^Wev(c2,λ2)R^RH\ydiagram20(Wsp(c,k)).\mathcal{W}^{\mathrm{ev}}_{\infty}(c_1,\lambda_1)\underset{\widehat{R}}{\otimes}\mathcal{W}^{\mathrm{ev}}_{\infty}(c_2,\lambda_2)\hookrightarrow \widehat{R}\underset{R}{\otimes}\mathrm{H}^0_{\ydiagram{2}}(\mathcal{W}^{\mathfrak{sp}}_{\infty}(c,\mathsf{k})).

This is motivated by the two commuting Virasoro vectors and associated primary weight-four vectors constructed after base change; the extension statement is supported by explicit low-weight OPE calculations but remains conjectural.

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Justine Fasquel, Vladimir Kovalchuk and Shigenori Nakatsuka, “On Virasoro-type reductions and inverse Hamiltonian reductions for W-algebras and W_-algebras”, arXiv:2411.10694 (2025).

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