The Young-diagram decomposition conjecture for tensor powers of the orthogonal adjoint representation

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Let so(N)\mathfrak{so}(N) be the orthogonal Lie algebra, and let ad⁡\operatorname{ad} denote its adjoint representation. For a Young diagram λ\lambda, write λ⊢2m\lambda\vdash 2m when it has 2m2m boxes, and let [k2][k^2] denote the rectangular diagram with two rows of length kk. For sufficiently large NN, consider the irreducible representations occurring in ad⁡⊗k\operatorname{ad}^{\otimes k}. The Young-diagram decomposition conjecture. Every such irreducible representation is associated with a Young diagram λ⊢2m\lambda\vdash 2m with m≤km\leq k and with at most kk columns. All these diagrams are obtained from [k2][k^2] by allowable shifts of boxes to the left and allowable cancellations of pairs of boxes in one row. Here, an allowable cancellation is one that produces a Young diagram with fewer boxes. This conjecture proposes an explicit description of the irreducible representations in tensor powers of the orthogonal adjoint representation; its resolution status is not specified in the source.

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A. P. Isaev, “Vogel universality and beyond”, arXiv:2601.01612 (2026).

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