Centralizers of differential operators of rank \(h\) (Q6038490)

Let \(\delta=x\frac{d}{dx}\), \[L = x^{-n}\delta(\delta- m)(\delta-2m)\cdots(\delta-m(n-1))\] \[B = x^{-m}\delta(\delta-n)(\delta-2n)\cdots(\delta-n(m-1))\] In the paper [Lect. Notes Pure Appl. Math. 200, 377--383 (1998; Zbl 0943.14017)] the second author conjectured that the centralizer of a differential operator \(L\) is generated by operators \(L\) and \(B\). Therefore has rank equal to the greatest common divisor of \(m\) and \(n\). In this short paper authors show that this is indeed the case if the ground field K has characteristic zero. The proof is based on elegant calculations. There is a big literature dedicated to commuting operators in first Weil algebra (see the \textit{A. Zheglov}'s lecture notes ``Algebra, Geometry and Analysis of Commuting Ordinary Differential Operators'' \url{http://dfgm.math.msu.su/people/zheglov/English/China2019/Lectures_DO_semester_1.pdf}).