Tautness conjecture for pseudo primitive idempotents

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Let Γ\Gamma be a bipartite distance-regular graph, and let TT denote its subconstituent algebra. Assume that, up to isomorphism, there exist exactly two irreducible TT-modules with endpoint 22, and that both are thin. Choose ξ,χ∈C∪{∞}\xi,\chi\in\mathbb C\cup\{\infty\} such that ξ~\widetilde{\xi} and χ~\widetilde{\chi} are the local eigenvalues of these modules. Let EE and FF be pseudo primitive idempotents of Γ\Gamma for ξ\xi and χ\chi, respectively. Tautness conjecture. The pair E,FE,F is taut, meaning that E∘FE\circ F is a linear combination of at most two pseudo primitive idempotents of Γ\Gamma. This conjecture predicts a connection between the thin endpoint-22 modules of the subconstituent algebra and taut pairs of pseudo primitive idempotents; its resolution is not specified in the source.

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Mark S. MacLean and Paul Terwilliger, “Taut distance-regular graphs and the subconstituent algebra”, arXiv:math/0508399 (2005).

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