Gerstenhaber–Giaquinto–Schack conjecture for Belavin–Drinfeld triples

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Let g=sl(n)\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{sl}(n), let τ\tau be a Belavin–Drinfeld triple, and suppose that r0=t0/2+r~0hhr^0=t^0/2+\tilde{r}^0\in\mathfrak{h}\otimes\mathfrak{h} is τ\tau-admissible. Define

Rs=qt0+1/n+(qq1)c+,R_s=q^{t^0+1/n}+\left(q-q^{-1}\right)c_+,

and, for a=ajlikeijekla=\sum a^{ik}_{jl}e_{ij}\otimes e_{kl} and ϵ=(ac+ca+a2)\epsilon=-(ac+ca+a^2), define

a~=ajlikqajlikϵjlikeijekl.\tilde{a}=\sum a^{ik}_{jl}q^{a^{ik}_{jl}\epsilon^{ik}_{jl}}e_{ij}\otimes e_{kl}.

Here PP denotes the permutation matrix. Gerstenhaber–Giaquinto–Schack conjecture. The matrix

R=qr~0(Rs+(qq1)a~)qr~0R=q^{\tilde{r}^0}\left(R_s+\left(q-q^{-1}\right)\tilde{a}\right)q^{\tilde{r}^0}

satisfies the quantum Yang–Baxter equation, and PRPR satisfies the Hecke relation

(PRq)(PR+q1)=0.(PR-q)(PR+q^{-1})=0.

This conjecture proposes an explicit quantization of the classical Belavin–Drinfeld rr-matrices for sl(n)\mathfrak{sl}(n), extending the standard RR-matrix construction to nontrivial Belavin–Drinfeld triples such as the Cremmer–Gervais triple. The supplied text states the claim but gives no resolution evidence, so its status is recorded as open.

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Primary source

Anthony Giaquinto and Timothy J. Hodges, “Nonstandard solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation”, arXiv:q-alg/9712034 (1997).

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