Proof of the Kazhdan-Lusztig conjecture for Kac-Moody algebras (The characters \(chL_{\omega\rho-\rho)}\) (Q1915396)

The author proves a conjecture due to \textit{V. V. Deodhar, O. Gabber} and \textit{V. Kac} [Adv. Math. 45, 92-116 (1992; Zbl 0491.17008)] for the infinite-dimensional Kac-Moody Lie algebra \({\mathfrak g}\) which is a generalization of a conjecture of \textit{D. Kazhdan} and \textit{G. Lusztig} [Invent. Math. 53, 165-184 (1979; Zbl 0499.20035)] and computes the characters of irreducible highest weight modules \(L_{\omega\rho-\rho}\) in terms of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials. Here the conjecture has been proved for all \({\mathfrak g}\) satisfying certain natural conditions. For example, any symmetrizable Kac-Moody Lie algebra \({\mathfrak g}\) satisfy these required conditions. The results of this paper were announced before by the author [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sér. I 310, 333-337 (1990; Zbl 0711.17013)]. \textit{M. Kashiwara} and \textit{T. Tanisaki} [Duke Math. J. 77, 21-62 (1995; Zbl 0829.17020)] have also obtained the same results using a different approach involving \(D\)-modules.