The centralizer braid-group conjecture for regular elements

Let w{\bf w} be an FF-root of π{\boldsymbol\pi}, put w=β(w)w=\beta({\bf w}), and let CW(wF)C_W(wF) be the centralizer of the corresponding regular element of WFWF. Let B(w)B(w) be the braid group of the complex reflection group CW(wF)C_W(wF), and let γ:B(w)CB(wF)\gamma:B(w)\to C_B({\bf w}F) be the natural homomorphism whose image under β\beta is CW(wF)C_W(wF). Centralizer braid-group conjecture. The morphism γ\gamma is an isomorphism. The paper notes that this is known in several cases, including split types AA and BB, Coxeter elements in split groups, and fourth roots in type D4D_4, but leaves the general assertion open.

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François Digne and Jean Michel, “Endomorphisms of Deligne-Lusztig varieties”, arXiv:math/0509011 (2005).

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