Lower-bound and minimizer conjecture for Lie algebra representation potentials

Let a\mathfrak{a} be a simple Lie algebra, let d1{\mathbf d}\geq 1, and let ψd\psi_{\mathbf d} be the real-valued polynomial obtained by restricting the potential Ψ\Psi to the space of \star-representations. Write Repmin(ψd)\operatorname{Rep}^\star_{\operatorname{min}}(\psi_{\mathbf d}) for its set of absolute minima, and let IrrepdUa\operatorname{\mathsf{Irrep}}^\star_{\mathbf d}{\mathcal U}\mathfrak{a} denote the set of irreducible Lie algebra representations aMatdskew\mathfrak{a}\to\operatorname{Mat}^{\operatorname{skew}}_{\mathbf d}. The lower-bound and minimizer conjecture. For every simple Lie algebra a\mathfrak{a} and every d1{\mathbf d}\geq 1, the function ψd\psi_{\mathbf d} is bounded from below. If IrrepdUa\operatorname{\mathsf{Irrep}}^\star_{\mathbf d}{\mathcal U}\mathfrak{a} is nonempty, then

Repmin(ψd)=prU(IrrepdUa).\operatorname{Rep}^\star_{\operatorname{min}}(\psi_{\mathbf d})=\operatorname{pr}_{\mathcal U}^*(\operatorname{\mathsf{Irrep}}^\star_{\mathbf d}{\mathcal U}\mathfrak{a}).

This predicts that the absolute minima are exactly the irreducible unitary representations. The source provides no resolution evidence, so the claim is recorded as open.

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Victor Ginzburg, “Calabi-Yau algebras”, arXiv:math/0612139 (2007).

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