Kostant's canonical extension conjecture for minimal K-types

Let G0G_0 be a real reductive linear Lie group, and let K0K_0 be its maximal compact subgroup. Fix an Iwasawa decomposition

G0=K0A0N0G_0=K_0A_0N_0

of G0G_0, where A0A_0 is abelian and normalizes N0N_0. Let GG, KK, and AA be the complexifications of G0G_0, K0K_0, and A0A_0, respectively, and let eG/Ke\in G/K correspond to [K]G/K[K]\in G/K. Let VV be an irreducible KK-module occurring as the minimal K0K_0-type of a unitary representation of G0G_0. Let YY be the wonderful compactification of G/KG/K. Kostant's conjecture. There exists a GG-equivariant vector bundle EV{\mathcal E}_V on YY such that:

  1. EVG/KG×KV{\mathcal E}_V|_{G/K}\cong G\times_KV as GG-equivariant vector bundles;
  2. for every vVEVOYk(e)v\in V\cong {\mathcal E}_V\otimes_{{\mathcal O}_Y}k(e) and every one-parameter subgroup τ:GmA\tau:\mathbb{G}_m\to A, the limit limtτ(t)v\lim_{t\to\infty}\tau(t)v exists in the total space V(EV)V({\mathcal E}_V) of EV{\mathcal E}_V;
  3. for every GG-equivariant vector bundle E{\mathcal E} on YY satisfying the preceding two properties, there is a GG-equivariant embedding EEV{\mathcal E}\hookrightarrow {\mathcal E}_V.

Kostant's question seeks a canonical algebraic extension encoding the boundary behavior of equivariant vector bundles associated with minimal KK-types, in connection with the asymptotic behavior of minimal KK-types and Casselman's theorem on n0\mathfrak{n}_0-coinvariants. The source gives no resolution of the conjecture, so its status is open.

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Primary source

Syu Kato, “Equivariant vector bundles on group completions”, arXiv:math/0202028 (2004).

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