Conjecture on uniqueness of root-of-unity conformal-block solutions

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Let q=exp⁡(πi/ℓ)q=\exp(\pi i/\ell) with ℓ≥3\ell\ge3, and let Conf⁡Λ⃗(ℓ)\operatorname{Conf}_{\vec\Lambda}^{(\ell)} be the space spanned by the lattice restrictions of the Weyl anti-symmetrized hypergeometric conformal blocks. The modified Macdonald–Ruijsenaars operator M~Θ\widetilde{\mathbb M}_\Theta acts on functions Z→LΛ⃗[0]\mathbb Z\to L_{\vec\Lambda}[0], and the relevant quasi-periodicity is ℓ\ell-periodicity up to the sign (−1)m+1(-1)^{{\mathfrak m}+1}. Root-of-unity conformal-block uniqueness conjecture. If ϑ~:Z→LΛ⃗[0]\tilde\vartheta:\mathbb Z\to L_{\vec\Lambda}[0] satisfies

M~Θϑ~(δ)=(dim⁡qLΘ)ϑ~(δ)\widetilde{\mathbb M}_\Theta\tilde\vartheta(\delta)=(\dim_q L_\Theta)\tilde\vartheta(\delta)

and

ϑ~(δ+ℓ)=(−1)m+1ϑ~(δ),\tilde\vartheta(\delta+\ell)=(-1)^{{\mathfrak m}+1}\tilde\vartheta(\delta),

then ϑ~(δ)∈Conf⁡Λ⃗(ℓ)\tilde\vartheta(\delta)\in\operatorname{Conf}_{\vec\Lambda}^{(\ell)}. The conjecture is the root-of-unity analogue of the generic uniqueness statement; the modified operator and quasi-periodicity make the assertion meaningful on the lattice, but the general result remains open.

References

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K. Styrkas and A. Varchenko, “Resonance relations, holomorphic trace functions and hypergeometric solutions to qKZB and Macdonald-Ruijsenaars equations”, arXiv:math/0612330 (2006).

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