Fundamental non-symmetric shift operator conjecture

Let WW be a Weyl group, let ρk\rho_k denote the associated weighted half-sum, let ll be the shift parameter, and let S(h)S(\mathfrak{h}) be the symmetric algebra of the Cartan space. For a linear character ε\varepsilon of WW, write G±(ε)(k)\mathcal{G}^{(\varepsilon)}_\pm(k) for a non-symmetric shift operator and Tp(k)T_p(k) for multiplication by pS(h)p\in S(\mathfrak{h}). Fundamental non-symmetric shift operator conjecture. For any linear character ε\varepsilon of WW, there exists a non-symmetric shift operator G~±(ε)(k)\tilde{\mathcal{G}}^{(\varepsilon)}_\pm(k) with shift ±l\pm l such that every non-symmetric shift operator with shift ±l\pm l is of the form

G~±(ε)(k)Tp(k)for some pS(h).\tilde{\mathcal{G}}^{(\varepsilon)}_\pm(k)T_p(k)\qquad\text{for some }p\in S(\mathfrak{h}).

In particular,

G±(ε)(k)=G~±(ε)(k)αR+0,l(α)=0(Tα(k)k0(α)).\mathcal{G}^{(\varepsilon)}_\pm(k)=\tilde{\mathcal{G}}^{(\varepsilon)}_\pm(k)\prod_{\alpha\in R^0_+,\,l(\alpha)=0}\left(T_{\alpha^\vee}(k)-k^0(\alpha)\right).

For the sign character, the product is absent, so the conjecture asserts that G±(ε)(k)\mathcal{G}^{(\varepsilon)}_\pm(k) itself is fundamental. The conjecture concerns the expected minimal-order factorization of non-symmetric shift operators, but no resolution is supplied in the source.

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Primary source

Max van Horssen and Maarten van Pruijssen, “An elementary approach to non-symmetric shift operators and their q-analogs”, arXiv:2602.06784 (2026).

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