Commutativity conjecture for the tetrahedral X-operators

For a positive integer NN, let Xj(N)(z)X_j^{(N)}(z), for j=0,,Nj=0,\dots,N, be the tetrahedral XX-operators depending on the spectral parameter zz. Commutativity conjecture. For an arbitrary positive integer NN, the operators satisfy

[Xj(N)(z),Xj(N)(w)]=0,j=0,,N.[X_j^{(N)}(z),X_j^{(N)}(w)]=0,\qquad j=0,\dots,N.

The identity is verified directly in the supplied text for N=3N=3 when j=0j=0 and j=1j=1. A quantum-algebraic explanation for the commutativity in arbitrary positive rank is missing and remains an open problem.

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Shinsuke Iwao, Kohei Motegi and Ryo Ohkawa, “Tetrahedral L-operators, tensor Schur polynomials and q-deformed loop elementary symmetric functions”, arXiv:2604.22141 (2026).

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