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A quantum Mirkovi\'c-Vybornov isomorphism

Representation Theory 2022-11-18 v2 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We present a quantization of an isomorphism of Mirkovi\'c and Vybornov which relates the intersection of a Slodowy slice and a nilpotent orbit closure in glN\mathfrak{gl}_N , to a slice between spherical Schubert varieties in the affine Grassmannian of PGLnPGL_n (with weights encoded by the Jordan types of the nilpotent orbits). A quantization of the former variety is provided by a parabolic W-algebra and of the latter by a truncated shifted Yangian. Building on earlier work of Brundan and Kleshchev, we define an explicit isomorphism between these non-commutative algebras, and show that its classical limit is a variation of the original isomorphism of Mirkovi\'c and Vybornov. As a corollary, we deduce that the W-algebra is free as a left (or right) module over its Gelfand-Tsetlin subalgebra, as conjectured by Futorny, Molev, and Ovsienko.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1706.03841,
  title  = {A quantum Mirkovi\'c-Vybornov isomorphism},
  author = {Ben Webster and Alex Weekes and Oded Yacobi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.03841},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

v2: 48 pages. Major rewrite following referee comments. Added proof of a conjecture of Futorny, Molev, and Ovsienko that the finite W-algebra is free over its Gelfand-Tsetlin subalgebra

R2 v1 2026-06-22T20:16:51.758Z