Periodicity in minuscule and cominuscule cases beyond type A

Prove that the periodicity PD(x_t) of the crystal-theoretic quantum twist automorphism is finite if and only if t is a minuscule or cominuscule index, and establish the stated values for types B_n, C_n, D_n, E_6, and E_7.

Background

The paper defines PD(w) as the least positive power of the crystal-theoretic twist that returns every localized-crystal element up to frozen variables. Type A is handled theoretically earlier in the paper, while computations suggest a sharp distinction in the other finite classical and exceptional types: finite periodicity occurs precisely at minuscule or cominuscule indices. The conjectured numerical periods are based on SageMath computations, including cases up to rank 10, but are not proved.

References

For other types, we conjecture the following values of $\PD(x_t)$ based on computational data.

Crystals and quantum twist automorphisms  (2507.01306 - Jung et al., 2 Jul 2025) in Conjecture in subsection “Minuscule or cominuscule cases,” Section 6.1