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Universal Enveloping algebra of a L$_\infty$ algebra
In their paper Strongly homotopy Lie algebras, Lada and Markl first show, that there is a symmetrization functor $(-)_L:\mathcal{A}(m)\rightarrow \mathcal{L}(m)$ from the category of $A(m)$-algebras ...
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Formal Group Laws in a lined topos
I am aware of the following: in the context of synthetic differential geometry (SDG) one obtains a Lie algebra by exponentiating a microlinear group by a standard infinitesimal object and taking the ...
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Hochschild cohomology of a universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra
I was told that the following equation is true:
Given a finitely generated Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$, there is a Gerstenhaber algebra isomorphism
$$ HH(U\mathfrak g) \cong HH(\wedge^* \mathfrak g^\vee,...
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Relationship between R-matrix and Casimir element?
Given a simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$, is there any relation between its Casimir element and the $R$-matrix of the related Yangian $Y(\mathfrak{g})$?
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Explicit formula for the Levi-Civita connection on a non-compact Riemannian symmetric space
Let $G/K$ be a non-compact Riemannian symmetric space, endowed with the Riemannian metric coming from the Killing form on the Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ of the semi-simple Lie group $G$. Here $K$ is ...
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"Non standard" formulas for eigenspaces in $V_\rho$
In the context of the Simple Lie Algebras Representations, let $\rho$ be half-the-sum of the positive roots and let $V_\rho$ be the irreducible representation of highest weight $\rho$.
Let$\mu$ be a ...
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Structure constants of Lyndon-Shirshov basis of the free Lie ring
Let $X$ be an alphabet, ${\sf Lyn}$ be the set of Lyndon words on $X$ and $L$ be the free Lie ring on $X.$ For $w\in {\sf Lyn}$ we denote by $[w]$ the corresponding element of the Lyndon-Shirshov ...
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Symmetric pairs of holomorphic type
Let $G$ be a real simple Lie group of Hermitian type; that is, $G/K$ carries a structure of a Hermitian symmetric space where $K$ is a maximal compact subgroup of $G$. Equivalently, the center $Z(\...
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Arbitrarily non-degenerate Hodge to de Rham spectral sequence
It is true that for any $n$ there exists a compact complex manifold which Frolicher spectral sequence does not degenerate at the $n$-th page(https://arxiv.org/pdf/0709.0481.pdf).
Does the analogous ...
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Reconstructing a nilpotent Lie algebra from its cohomology with $A_{\infty}$-structure
Let $L$ be a nilpotent Lie algebra (over a field of char 0) and $CE^{\bullet}(L)$ be its Chevalley-Eilenberg dg-algebra. By homotopy transfer, there exists a structure of an $A_{\infty}$-algebra on ...
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Is there an E8 symmetry in the zero-field Ising model?
In the paper On classification of modular tensor categories by Rowell, Stong and Wang, they list the Ising modular category $I$ as having 3 objects $1$, $\sigma$ and $\psi$, with fusion rules $\sigma^...
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Are curves over imperfect fields defined over a smaller field?
Let $C$ be regular projective curve defined over a field $K$. Let $K/L$ be a totally inseparable finite extension. Does there exist a regular projective curve $C'$ over $L$ such that that the pullback ...
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How to characterize the class of $(\mathfrak{g},K)$-modules with a fixed lowest K-type in the framework of D-modules?
Let $G$ be a real semisimple Lie group, $K$ be a maximal compact subgroup. Let $\mathfrak{g}_0$ and $\mathfrak{k}_0$ be their real Lie algebras respectively. Let $\mathfrak{g}$ and $\mathfrak{k}$ be ...
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Picard scheme of varieties over imperfect fields
Let $k$ be a field and $X$ a proper $k$-scheme. It is a theorem of Murre and Oort that the Picard functor is representable by a $k$-group scheme $\operatorname{Pic}_{X/k}$ which is locally of finite ...
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Invariant theory of $SL_2$ over a field of positive characteristic
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$. Let $W$ be a finite dimensional $SL_2$-module over $k$. Let $V$ be the natural representation of $SL_2$.
What can be said - in ...
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Injectivity of Lie group exponential function
If $G$ is a (finite-dimensional) Lie group, then the exponential function $\exp\colon\mathfrak{g}\to G$ is injective on some identity neighbourhood. If, moreover, $\mathfrak{g}$ is semi-simple and $\...
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A question on the resolution of parabolic Verma module $M_I(\lambda)$ in BGG category O
I am reading Humphrey's book "Representations of semisimple Lie algebras in the BGG Category O" on Page 189, Proposition 9.6, where he remarked that "Note that if we had developed the full BGG ...
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Level p characteristic 2 modular forms and thetas
BACKGROUND
Let p be an odd prime. An element of Z/2[[x]] is "modular of level p" if it is the mod 2 reduction of a g in Z[[x]] with g the Fourier expansion of a modular form for gamma_0(p). In ...
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Deformation of Noether's first theorem
Noether's first variational theorem establishes a correspondence between symmetries and invariants. I would like to know what has been written on the following question: How do the invariants deform ...
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Unicritical rational functions on curves in characteristic $p$
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic $p$, and let $X_{/k}$ be a smooth projective connected curve. Let $x_0$ be a point of $X(k)$.
How precisely can one describe the ...
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Reference for the Thick Affine Grassmanian
Let $G$ be a reductive group and $LG$ be the algebraic loop group of $G$; i.e. $LG(k) = G( k((t)) )$. There is a fair amount of literature on the affine Grassmanian $LG(k)/G(k[[t]])$ and its Picard ...
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Small sum of group elements acting as rank 1 matrix.
I am interested in constructing small (as possible) group $G$ with large dimensional irreducible representation $\rho,V$ such that exist three elements of $g_1,g_2,g_3\in G$ such that for some $c_1,...
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Alterations of regular varieties
Let $X$ be a regular quasi-projective variety over a perfect field $k$. The existence of a "good compactification" of $X$, i.e. a regular projective variety $\bar{X}$ with an embedding $X\...
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Category O of Kac-Moody algebra
Category $\mathcal{O}$ of semisimple Lie algebra has been understood very well. One can decompose the category into different blocks by central characters, and evey block is Noetherian and Aritian, ...
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Computer program for free restricted Lie polynomial
I am conducting numerical experiments involving the Gröbner–Shirshov Basis for restricted Lie algebras. At each step of the computation, I need to work with restricted Lie polynomials. Specifically, I ...
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Kac-Moody algebras of indefinite type
In his very influential book Infinite dimensional Lie algebras, which is still the main reference for Kac-Moody algebras, in section 0.4 of the introduction, Victor Kac discuss the problem of concrete ...
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Torsion in the Lie algebra cohomology of gl(n,Z)
What is known about the Lie algebra cohomology $H^*(\mathfrak{gl}_n(\mathbb{Z}),\mathbb{Z})$? After passing to $\mathbb{Q}$-coefficients, the question is classical: $H^*(\mathfrak{gl}_n(\mathbb{Q}),\...
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Why are all representations of split groups of real type?
(I am using a throwaway account because I plan on possibly pointing to this answer in a referee report I am writing, and using my main account would be a bit too obvious.)
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a ...
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Tits construction of algebraic groups of type D₆ and E₇ via C₃
As shown in the Freudenthal magic square, the Tits construction of $D_6$ takes as input
an quaternion algebra and the Jordan algebra of a quaternion algebra (see The Book of Involutions § 41). In ...
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Asymptotically nilpotent Lie sets of matrices
A matrix $A\in\textbf{Mat}_n(\mathbb{R})$ is called asymptotically nilpotent if for each vector $v$, ${\lim}_{k\to\infty}A^k(v) = 0$.
Question 1. Assume that $\mathcal{A}$ is the subset of $\textbf{...
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Sections of $\mathcal{L}_{\lambda}$ on intersections of open cover on a flag variety
Let $G$ be a reductive complex algebraic group, $P$ a parabolic subgroup, $\mathbb{C}_{\lambda}$ a one-dimensional representation of $P$ and $\mathcal{L}_{\lambda}$ the corresponding line bundle on $G/...
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Explicit formula for star product on the symmetric algebra of a Lie algebra via standard ordering
There is a well known vector space isomorphism $\phi:\mathcal{S}(\frak{g})\rightarrow U(\frak{g})$ given by the symmetrization (or Weyl ordering), i.e.
$$ \phi(t_{i_1}\dots t_{i_k})=\frac{1}{k!}\sum_{\...
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Orlik-Solomon algebra and hyperplane complements in positive characteristic
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p\geq 0$, $\underline H:=\{H_1,\dots, H_m\}$ a set of hyperplanes in $\mathbb A_k^n$ and $X:=\mathbb A^n-(\bigcup H_i)$.
Given a ring $R$ ...
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$S_n$-invariant polynomials on the dual of reflection representation
Let $W=S_n$ (the symmetric group) acting on $V=k^n$ via permutation of the indices, where $k$ is an algebraically closed field. Closely related to this are the reflection (sub-)representation $V_0=\{ (...
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Word/Loop in $L(\Lambda)$
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a symmetrizable Kac-Moody algebra, with Chevalley generators $e_i,f_i$ ($i=1,...,n$).
Let $L(\Lambda)$ denote the irreducible module with highest weight $\Lambda$. Let $v$ denote ...
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Equivalence between $\mathcal{D}_\lambda$ modules and $\mathcal{D}_{0}$ modules
Fix $G$ a finite dimensional reductive group and $\lambda$ a weight. Apparently the category of $\mathcal{D}_\lambda$ modules on $G/B$ is equivalent to the category of $\mathcal{D}_0$ modules on $G'/B'...
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Eigenvalues of spherical function on $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$
Lie algebraically, the eigenvalue of the spherical function
\begin{align*}
\phi_{\lambda}(g)=\int_{K} e^{(i \lambda+\rho)(A(k g))} \mathrm{d} k \quad (g \in G,\,\lambda\in\mathfrak{a}^*)
\end{align*}
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Characteristic polynomials of Cartan matrices of Lie algebras
Let $L$ be a simple Lie algebra over $\mathbb{C}$ with Cartan matrix $C_L$ (as in https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartan-Matrix )
Question 1: Is is true that the characteristic polynomial $f$ of $C_L$ ...
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Is $\mathrm{End}-\{0\}=\mathrm{Aut}$ for derivation Lie algebra?
Is it true that every nonzero endomorphism of Lie $\mathbb{C}$-algebra $\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots, x_n]\partial_{x_1}\oplus\ldots\oplus\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots, x_n]\partial_{x_n}$ is an automorphism?
As I ...
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Bar notation in Bourbaki’s *Lie groups*, Chap. IX
I am looking at Chapter IX (Compact Real Lie Groups), §4, Exercise 8 (translation). Given a complex subspace $\mathfrak p$ in the complexification $\mathfrak g_{\mathbf C}$ of some $\mathfrak g$, they ...
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Almost complex structures on real Lie groups
Let $G$ be an even-dimensional Lie group, and let $\mathfrak{g}$ be its Lie algebra. I want to explore when a complex structure on $\mathfrak{g}$ induces a complex structure on $G$ making it into a ...
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Branching rules for E6 into SU(3)^3
I am very confused about what are the branching rules for representations of $E6$ into a $SU(3)\times SU(3)\times SU(3)$ subgroup. At least in the physics literature, there seems to be a serious ...
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Homotopy transfer of cyclic L-infinity algebras
Suppose $W$ is a cyclic $L_\infty$ algebra, i.e. $W$ has a non-degenerate, symmetric, invariant pairing $\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_W$. Let $V$ be a cochain complex, and suppose given the data of a ...
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Cyclic version of Lie algebra cohomology
Lie algebra cochains have a differential $d$ where $d^2 =0$ because of the Jacobi identity, which can be written in the cyclic form or the Leibniz form. $L_\infty$ algebra cochains have a ...
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Tensoring Harish-Chandra bimodules with Verma modules
The question is about the functor $T_\lambda$ defined by Bernstein and Gelfand in the paper Tensor Products of Finite and Infinite Dimensional
Representations of Semisimple Lie Algebras.
Setup: Let $\...
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Yangians as unique deformation
In Drinfeld's paper "Hopf algebras and the quantum Yang-Baxter equation" there is a statement (Theorem 2) that Yangian is a unique quantization of the corresponding Lie bialgebra.
My question is ...
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Injectivity of exponential chart in a homogeneous space
Let $G$ be a finite-dimensional connected real Lie group and $\mathfrak{g}$ its Lie algebra. Let $\exp : \mathfrak{g} \to G$ denote the exponential map. Among the results proved independently by ...
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Cofree conilpotent (cocommutative) coalgebra for $\infty$-categories
Let $\mathrm{K}$ be a field.
Denote $ \mathrm{Vect}_{\mathrm{K}} $ the category of K-vector spaces, $\mathrm{Coalg }^{\mathrm{conil } } $ the category of
conilpotent, coaugmented, coassociative ...
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Are two Lie algebra deformations with cohomologous tangents isomorphic?
Let $(\mathfrak{g},[-,-])$ be a finite-dimensional Lie algebra. I'm interested in real Lie algebras, but feel free to complexify if this helps.
Say I'm interested in classifying isomorphism ...
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Satake Diagram determines Involution
Let $\theta$ and $\tau$ be involutions of a semisimple complex lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$, and suppose that they have the same Satake diagram. I want to understand why they must be conjugate to one ...
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