The CDSW conjecture for simple Lie algebras

Let g\mathfrak{g} be a simple finite-dimensional Lie algebra over C\mathbb{C}, let gg be its dual Coxeter number, and let AA be the quotient of R=(gg)R=\wedge(\mathfrak{g}\oplus\mathfrak{g}) by the ideal generated by the three canonical copies of g\mathfrak{g} in bidegrees (2,0)(2,0), (1,1)(1,1), and (0,2)(0,2). Let SS be the unique invariant element of AA of degree (1,1)(1,1), namely S=TrV(XY)S=\operatorname{Tr}|_V(XY) for a non-trivial irreducible finite-dimensional representation VV of g\mathfrak{g}. The CDSW conjecture. The invariant algebra AgA^{\mathfrak{g}} is generated by SS, and

Sg=0,Sg10.S^g=0,\qquad S^{g-1}\ne 0.

The conjecture was known for classical Lie algebras and was established in the paper's stated cases, including G2G_2; the source presents the three assertions as the conjecture motivating the paper's further conjectures.

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Pavel Etingof, “On the Cachazo-Douglas-Seiberg-Witten conjecture for simple Lie algebras, II”, arXiv:math/0312452 (2003).

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