Frobenius-parabolic conjecture for simple Lie algebras

Let g{\mathfrak g} be a simple Lie algebra. A Lie subalgebra is Frobenius when its index is zero; let \EuScriptMFr{\EuScript M}_{\sf Fr} denote the corresponding maximal dimension invariant, and let b{\mathfrak b} be a Borel subalgebra. Frobenius-parabolic conjecture. (i) The value \EuScriptMFr{\EuScript M}_{\sf Fr} is attained on Frobenius parabolic subalgebras: if ind h=0{\rm ind}\,{\mathfrak h}=0, then there is a Frobenius parabolic subalgebra p{\mathfrak p} such that h⊂p{\mathfrak h}\subset{\mathfrak p}. (ii) If ind b=0{\rm ind}\,{\mathfrak b}=0, then

dim⁡h⩽dim⁡b\dim{\mathfrak h}\leqslant\dim{\mathfrak b}

for every Frobenius subalgebra h⊂g{\mathfrak h}\subset{\mathfrak g}, and only spherical orbits are strange.

Part (i) is stated to hold for sln{\mathfrak{sl}}_n in the examples, while the source notes that small-rank cases relevant to (ii) can be checked. The general assertions remain conjectural in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Dmitri I. Panyushev, “The index of subalgebras and strange coadjoint orbits”, arXiv:2605.28796 (2026).

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