Bessis–Digne–Michel's centralizer conjecture for regular braid-group elements

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Let VV be a finite-dimensional complex vector space, let WGL(V)W\subset\operatorname{GL}(V) be an irreducible finite complex reflection group, and let M{\mathcal{M}} be the complement of its reflecting hyperplanes. Let ζC\zeta\in\mathbf{C} be a root of unity of order dd, where dd is regular for WW, and choose wWw\in W such that

ker(wζId)M.\operatorname{ker}(w-\zeta\operatorname{Id})\cap{\mathcal{M}}\neq\emptyset.

Write M(w)=ker(wζId)M{\mathcal{M}}(w)=\operatorname{ker}(w-\zeta\operatorname{Id})\cap{\mathcal{M}}, let CW(w)C_W(w) be the centralizer of ww in WW, and let B\mathbf{B} and BCW(w)\mathbf{B}_{C_W(w)} be the braid groups associated with WW and CW(w)C_W(w), respectively. Choose a basepoint in the image of M(w){\mathcal{M}}(w), and let wB\mathbf{w}\in\mathbf{B} be the corresponding lift of ww.

Bessis–Digne–Michel's centralizer conjecture. The natural morphism

BCW(w)B\mathbf{B}_{C_W(w)}\longrightarrow\mathbf{B}

induces an isomorphism between BCW(w)\mathbf{B}_{C_W(w)} and the centralizer CB(w)C_{\mathbf{B}}(\mathbf{w}).

This conjecture asserts that the Springer-theoretic centralizer of a regular element lifts from the reflection group to its braid group. The source states that it is checked for Artin braid groups and some other cases; no general resolution is given here.

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Primary source

David Bessis, Francois Digne and Jean Michel, “Springer theory in braid groups and the Birman-Ko-Lee monoid”, arXiv:math/0010254 (2000).

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