The universal formula for the quantum toroidal central coefficient

At least 27 years old · documented by

Let NN, LL, and nn be positive integers, and let γn(q)\gamma_n(q) be the scalar defined by

[Bn,B−n]∣M⟩=γn(q)∣M⟩.[B_n,B_{-n}]|M\rangle=\gamma_n(q)|M\rangle.

For N=1N=1, L=1L=1, or n=1,2n=1,2, the preceding proposition gives

γn(q)=n1−q2Nn1−q2n1−q−2Ln1−q−2n.\gamma_n(q)=n\frac{1-q^{2Nn}}{1-q^{2n}}\frac{1-q^{-2Ln}}{1-q^{-2n}}.

Universal formula conjecture. The formula

γn(q)=n1−q2Nn1−q2n1−q−2Ln1−q−2n\gamma_n(q)=n\frac{1-q^{2Nn}}{1-q^{2n}}\frac{1-q^{-2Ln}}{1-q^{-2n}}

is valid for all positive integers NN, LL, and nn.

The claim extends the formula proved in the special cases N=1N=1, L=1L=1, and n=1,2n=1,2; the source does not provide a proof for arbitrary positive NN, LL, and nn.

References

Primary source

K. Takemura and D. Uglov, “Representations of the Quantum Toroidal Algebra on highest weight modules of the Quantum Affine Algebra of type gl(N)”, arXiv:math/9806134 (1998).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.