Hall algebras and quantum symmetric pairs of Kac-Moody type (Q6135869)

The authors gave Hall algebra realization of the \(\imath\)quantum groups of finite type in [\textit{M. Lu} and \textit{W. Wang}, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 124, No. 1, 1--82 (2022; Zbl 07730895)] where they constructed the \(\imath\)quiver algebras \(\Lambda^i\) associated to acyclic \(\imath\)quivers \((Q, \tau)\) over a finite field \(\mathbb F_q\) in the framework of semi-derived Ringel-Hall algebras of 1-Gorenstein algebras. In the current paper, the author have generalized the construction to \(\imath\)quantum groups of Kac-Moody type by extending the \(\imath\)Hall algebra from acyclic \(i\)quivers to general \(\imath\)quivers (allowing oriented cycles). The previous technique of Bridgeland's Hall algebras or Gorsky's semi-derived Hall algebras did not seem to work in the Kac-Moody case, but the foundation for the semi-derived Ringel-Hall algebra of 1-Gorenstein algebras can be extended to the infinite-dimensional setting. Since a general quiver (possibly with loops) leads to a Borcherds-Cartan matrix, the authors commented that the theory of \(\imath\)Hall algebras in Sections 2--3 and a conjectural extension of Theorem 9.6 for general \(\imath\)quivers suggested that a theory of quantum symmetric pairs and \(\imath\)quantum groups associated to Borcherds-Cartan matrices might be developed independently.