The regularity conjecture for antiunitary representations

Let GG be a Lie group with Lie algebra g{\mathfrak g}, let hgh\in{\mathfrak g} be an Euler element, and let GτhG_{\tau_h} denote the subgroup associated with the involution determined by hh. An antiunitary representation is a representation (U,H)(U,\mathcal{H}) of GτhG_{\tau_h} by unitary and antiunitary operators on a Hilbert space H\mathcal{H}. Regularity conjecture. Any antiunitary representation (U,H)(U,\mathcal{H}) of GτhG_{\tau_h} is hh-regular, meaning that there exists an open ee-neighborhood NGN\subseteq G such that

VN=gNU(g)V{\tt V}_N=\bigcap_{g\in N}U(g){\tt V}

is cyclic. This conjecture asks whether the regularity required in the Euler Element Theorem holds for all antiunitary representations of GτhG_{\tau_h} without additional structural assumptions on GG. It is described in the source as a challenging open problem; the cited cases include the 44-dimensional split oscillator group.

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Karl-Hermann Neeb, “Nets of real subspaces on homogeneous spaces and Algebraic Quantum Field Theory”, arXiv:2511.09360 (2025).

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