Intrinsic-energy formula conjecture for Br,sB^{r,s}

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Let Br,sB^{r,s} be a simple affine crystal with extremal vector u(Br,s)u(B^{r,s}), intrinsic energy DBr,sD_{B^{r,s}}, level 4level⁡(Br,s)44\operatorname{level}(B^{r,s})4, and crystal statistic 4φ(b)44\varphi(b)4. Let H=HBr,s,Br,sH=H_{B^{r,s},B^{r,s}} be the local energy function on Br,s⊗Br,sB^{r,s}\otimes B^{r,s}. Hatayama et al.'s intrinsic-energy conjecture. There is a unique b♮∈Br,sb^\natural\in B^{r,s} such that

φ(b♮)=level⁡(Br,s)Λ0,\varphi(b^\natural)=\operatorname{level}(B^{r,s})\Lambda_0,

and

DBr,s(b)=H(b⊗b♮)−H(u(Br,s)⊗b♮).D_{B^{r,s}}(b)=H(b\otimes b^\natural)-H(u(B^{r,s})\otimes b^\natural).

The formula would recover intrinsic energy from the local energy against the distinguished element b♮b^\natural; it is recorded as a conjectural property of the proposed crystals and is not established generally in the source.

References

Primary source

Masato Okado, Anne Schilling and Mark Shimozono, “Virtual crystals and fermionic formulas of type D_n+1^(2), A_2n^(2), and C_n^(1)”, arXiv:math/0105017 (2001).

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