Positivity properties for canonical bases of modified quantum affine sl_n

Abstract: The positivity property for canonical bases asserts that the structure constants of the multiplication for the canonical basis are in

m a t h b b N [v, v^{- 1}]

. Let

m a t h b f U

be the quantum group over

m a t h b b Q (v)

associated with a symmetric Cartan datum. The positivity property for the positive part

{m a t h b f U}^{+}

of

m a t h b f U

was proved by Lusztig. He conjectured that the positivity property holds for the modified form

d o t m a t h b f U

of

m a t h b f U

. In this paper, we prove that the structure constants for the canonical basis of

d o t m a t h b f U (w i d e h a t {f r a k s l}_{n})

coincide with certain structure constants for the canonical basis of

m a t h b f U (w i d e h a t {f r a k s l}_{N})^{+}

for

n < N

. In particular, the positivity property for

d o t m a t h b f U (w i d e h a t {f r a k s l}_{n})

follows from the positivity property for

m a t h b f U (w i d e h a t {f r a k s l}_{N})^{+}

.

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