The principal nilpotent-pair conjecture for non-exceptional pairs

Let g\mathfrak g be a simple Lie algebra with Cartan subalgebra h\mathfrak h, let gd=gg\mathfrak g^d=\mathfrak g\oplus\mathfrak g, and let e=(e1,e2)gd\mathbf e=(e_1,e_2)\in\mathfrak g^d be a principal nilpotent pair. Let Ge\mathcal G^{\mathbf e} be the associated subgroup of finite index in the automorphism group of g\mathfrak g, let Oe\mathcal O_{\mathbf e} be its diagonal orbit, and let WW be the Weyl group. Define

De=C[Oehd],\mathfrak D_{\mathbf e}=\mathbb C[\overline{\mathcal O}_{\mathbf e}\cap\mathfrak h^d],

where the intersection is scheme-theoretic. Assume that e\mathbf e is non-exceptional. Principal nilpotent-pair conjecture. The scheme Oehd\overline{\mathcal O}_{\mathbf e}\cap\mathfrak h^d is Gorenstein, and De\mathfrak D_{\mathbf e} supports the regular representation of WW; in particular,

dimCDe=W.\dim_{\mathbb C}\mathfrak D_{\mathbf e}=|W|.

This conjecture is presented as a variant of a conjecture of Ginzburg; the original version is false, while the stated non-exceptional variant is the main conjecture of the paper.

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Shrawan Kumar and Jesper Funch Thomsen, “A conjectural generalization of n! result to arbitrary groups”, arXiv:math/0201205 (2002).

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