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Lie bracket of general unipotent matrices
Let $k$ be a field (of characteristic $0$). Let
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X:=\begin{pmatrix}1&x_{1,2}&x_{1,3}&\cdots&x_{1,n}\\ &1&x_{2,3}&\cdots&x_{2,n}\\ &&1&\cdots&x_{3,n}\\ ...
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Representations of $\mathrm{sl}(3,\mathbb{C})$ and Catalan-like paths
Background on representations of $\mathrm{sl}(3,\mathbb{C})$
In Chapter 6 of Brian C. Hall's book "Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations", he constructs the irreducible ...
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What is the exponential map from the Lie algebra $\mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{C})\ltimes_\textrm{ad}\mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{C})$ to its Lie group?
$\DeclareMathOperator\ad{ad}\DeclareMathOperator\Ad{Ad}\DeclareMathOperator\Exp{Exp}\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\sl{\mathfrak{sl}}$Let $G:=\SL(2, C) \ltimes_{\Ad} \SL(2,C)$, where $\...
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Tannakian reconstruction and the distribution algebra
$\DeclareMathOperator\Dist{Dist}\DeclareMathOperator\Lie{Lie}\DeclareMathOperator\Rep{Rep}\DeclareMathOperator\End{End}$Let $G$ be an affine group scheme over a commutative ring $k$ (I am mainly ...
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Examples of non-equivariant momentum maps
What are examples of non-equivariant momentum maps?
Off the top of my hat, I know about the following examples:
the action of translations of a symplectic vector space (yielding the Heisenberg group ...
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Boundary divisor of an equivariant compactification of a non-trivial twist of $\mathbb{G}_a^n$
Let $K$ be a non-perfect field of positive characteristic. Then there exist non-trivial forms of $\mathbb{G}_a^n$ which split over finite purely inseparable extensions of $K$, i.e., algebraic groups $...
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Why are all "non-swinging" representations self-dual?
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a semisimple (say complex) Lie algebra, and $V$ an irreducible finite-dimensional representation of $\mathfrak{g}$. Denote by $w_0$ the longest element of the Weyl group, i.e. ...
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Conjugacy of cocharacters from conjugacy of labelled diagrams
Everything to follow is over some fixed algebraically closed field $k$. Although all the definitions make sense regardless of characteristic, the meat of the question is about small positive ...
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How many diagrams interlace a given Young diagram?
For a fixed partition $\lambda=(\lambda_1\geq\dots\geq \lambda_n)$ we say $\mu=(\mu_1\geq \dots \geq \mu_{n-1})$ $\textit{interlaces}$ $\lambda$ iff
$$\lambda_1\geq \mu_1\geq \dots \geq \mu_{n-1}\geq \...
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An analog of a BGG resolution in subregular case in positive characteristic
Consider representations of $\mathfrak{sl}_n$ in positive characteristic with a subregular nilpotent central character $\chi$. For every regular weight $\lambda$ of $\mathfrak{sl}_n$, we have the ...
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Real forms of complex Lie algebras with specified semisimple part
Let $\mathfrak g$ be a complex Lie algebra. If $\mathfrak g$ is semisimple then its real forms are completely understood. In particular there is a compact real form of $\mathfrak g$, which is unique ...
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Differential invariants and Lie symmetries
I have the following question:
Does differential invariants have the same Lie symmetries?
I want to know about the relation of differential invariants of an action and their symmetry properties. ...
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When does the null-cone consist entirely of eigenvectors?
Let $V$ be a finite-dimensional representation of a complex reductive Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$.
For our purposes, we may define the null-cone like this: $v\in V$ belongs to the null-cone if and only ...
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modularity of elliptic curves over function fields in positive characteristic
Let $F$ be a global function field over a finite field, and $E$ be an elliptic curve over $F$. Much like the number field case, it is natural to study the Galois representation on the Tate module of $...
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7D simple Lie algebras over $\mathbb{F}_3$
Up to isomorphism, what are all the seven-dimensional simple Lie algebras over the field with three elements?
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Real Representation ring of $U(n)$ and the adjoint representation
I have two questions:
It is well known that the complex representation ring $R(U(n))=\mathbb{Z}[\lambda_1,\cdots,\lambda_n,\lambda_n^{-1}]$, where $\lambda_1$ is the natural representation of $U(n)$ ...
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Is the homogeneous coordinate ring of a flag variety a UFD?
I was wondering if $G$ is a semisimple complex algebraic group, then is the homogeneous coordinate ring of a flag variety a UFD or not?
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de Rham Witt complex vs. de Rham complex of the Witt ring
I am reading the paper "Revisiting the de Rham-Witt complex" by Bhatt-Lurie-Mathew and I am a bit confused about the difference between $W\Omega_R^*$ and $\hat{\Omega}^*_{W(R)}$.
Let $\...
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Explicit description of wonderful compactification for PGL_3
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristics. Let $X$ be the wonderful compactification of $PGL_3$ (see for example section 6 of "Frobenius Splitting Methods in Geometry ...
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Reference request: Radicial morphisms & Jacobson-Bourbaki correspondence
My name is Chemy (Przemysław). I am a PhD student at UvA (Amsterdam), and I work on projects related to foliations in algebraic geometry in positive characteristic. Therefore I am avidely reading two ...
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The Weyl group of Kac-Moody algebra and Coxeter group
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a Kac-Moody algebra, $W$ be its Weyl group, generate by fundmental reflections {$r_1,...,r_n$}. For $i,j$, we have relation $(r_ir_j)^{m_{ij}}=1$, $1\le i,j\le n$. Let $W^{'}$ be ...
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How big are small inverse powers of 2 mod powers of 3?
Let $a \bmod b$ take value as an integer in $[0, b)$. For any $T \ge 1$, for what $R \in [0, 3^n)$ is
$$\min \{2^{-t}\bmod 3^n: t =1, \dotsc, T\} := \min A_T > R?$$
When $T$ is fixed as $n$ ...
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Why is the $A$-series root system best written in a vector space of one dimension higher?
In the classification of root systems, we have four families $A_n,B_n,C_n$, and $D_n$, and six exceptionals $E_6,E_7,E_8, F_4$, and $G_2$. For every non-exceptional case except $A_n$, the root system ...
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If the Frobenius endomorphism of a characteristic $p$ ring is epimorphic, is it surjective?
MO question 19282 is about integral epimorphisms of commutative rings, and a counterexample is given to surjectivity. What about the case of the Frobenius endomorphism of a commutative, characteristic ...
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Regular nilpotents and minimal parabolic subalgebras in real semisimple Lie algebras
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a real semisimple Lie algebra. A subalgebra $\mathfrak{p}$ of $\mathfrak{g}$ is parabolic if its complexification is parabolic in $\mathfrak{g}_\mathbb{C}$, meaning it contains a ...
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Is the natural map from the free Lie algebra to the free associative algebra injective?
$\newcommand{\im}{\operatorname{im}}$Given a set $X$ and non-zero unital commutative ring $R$, let:
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A &= \mbox{free unital, associative algebra on $X$ with coefficients in $R$},\\
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de Rham Bloch-Ogus theory in positive characteristic
In their famous paper Gersten's conjecture and the homology of schemes, one of the results that Bloch and Ogus prove is that the second page of the coniveau spectral sequence for $X$ smooth over a ...
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Open subset of the commuting variety
Let $C_n$ be the variety of pairs of commuting $n\times n$ matrices (let's say over $\mathbb C$).
It is known to be irreducible and it is conjecturally normal.
Let $f:C_n\to \mathfrak{gl}(n)$ be the ...
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Are there mathematical/physical applications of these Weyl equivariant maps?
Let $G$ be a compact Lie group and $T$ a choice of maximal torus. Denote the corresponding Lie algebras by $\mathfrak{g}$ and $\mathfrak{t}$. Elements of $\mathfrak{t} \otimes \mathbb{R}^3$ are called ...
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Why does Kashiwara define $U_q(\mathfrak{g})$ over $\mathbb{Q}(q)$ rather than $\mathbb{C}(q)$?
When defining crystal bases, why do we typically view $U_q(\mathfrak{g})$ as an algebra over $\mathbb{Q}(q)$ rather than $\mathbb{C}(q)$? In Kashiwara's original paper introducing crystal bases, he ...
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Examples of indefinite Einstein non-Ricci-flat metric on solvmanifolds
A solvmanifold (resp. nilmanifold) is a compact quotient of a solvable (risp. nilpotent) Lie group $G$. Usually one consider a co-compact lactice $\Gamma$ on $G$ and the solvmanifold is $G/\Gamma$. ...
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Singular del Pezzo surfaces and degeneration of root systems
Let $S$ be a smooth del Pezzo surface of degree $d$ and $K_S^*$ the anticanonical class. It is well known that the set of classes
$$R(S)=\{\alpha\in H^2(S,\mathbb Z)|\alpha^2=-2,\alpha\cdot K_S^*=0\},$...
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Derivative of a representation
I'm learning about Maass--Shimura operators, and there's a term that I'm not sure how to generalize nicely.
Let $\mathfrak{h}$ be the upper half-plane with parameter $z= x + iy$, and write $s = \frac{...
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Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity and wedge powers in positive characterisitc
A vector bundle on $\mathbb{P}^n$ is said to be $r$-regular if
$$H^i(\mathbb{P}^n,F(r-i))=0$$ for all $i>0$.
It is always true that if $F$ is $r$-regular and $G$ is $s$-regular (both vector bundles)...
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Isometry groups of symmetric spaces
Let $M=G/K$ be a symmetric space where $G=\mathrm{Isom}(M)$ and $K$ is the isotropy at some point $o\in M$. Moreover, let $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{k}\oplus\mathfrak{p}$ be the Cartan decomposition of $\...
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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the exceptional simple Lie group E6, E7, E8
What is the significance of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the exceptional simple Lie group root lattice to the Lie group or other mathematics branches?
For example,
E6, we have
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\begin{...
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Macdonald's notes on Kac Moody algebras
Macdonald had given some lectures on Kac-Moody algebras in 1983. The notes are typed here by Arun Ram. However, the website seems to be old and the notes are somewhat not readable because of the ...
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Lie algebra "semi" coinvariants
In the process of my research, I've come across the need to understand the following construction:
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a (finite-dimensional) complex Lie algebra, $\beta\in \mathfrak{g}^*$ a Lie ...
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Questions to the proof of Proposition 9.3 in Humphreys “Representations of Semisimple Lie algebras in the BGG Category $\mathcal{O}$"
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a semisimple Lie algebra over $\mathbb{C}$ with Cartan subalgebra $\mathfrak{h}$, root system $\Phi \subset \mathfrak{h}^*$ and Weyl group $W$. Fix a set of positive roots $\Phi^+...
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Commutative algebras associated to simple Lie algebras
In Section 2 of the article https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021869307000385, the authors study the center $Z=Z_Q$ of certain preprojective like algebras associated to the simply ...
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Technics for computing weights of kernel, image or cokernel in category $\mathcal{O}$
As in the title I looking for technics to compute weights of kernels, images or cokernels in category $\mathcal{O}$ besides checking everything directly by hand.
To be more concrete, consider the ...
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Books on integration on semisimple Lie groups
Can anyone suggest me some good books where I can find integration theory on semisimple Lie groups (using KAK, KAN and other type of decompositions)?
I have read Knapp's book "Lie groups beyond ...
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Cohomology and higher structures
Classically, cohomologies of Lie groups/algebras parametrize extensions. To be precise, given an linear $G$-action on $M$, there is an bijection between $H^2(G;M)$ and the set of extension $E$ of $G$ ...
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Choosing a complementary Lie subalgebra well
I have a compact connected Lie group $G$ with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ and a codimension one closed subgroup $H$ with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{h}$. Using an inner product on $\mathfrak{g}$ one can ...
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Closed subgroup (Cartan) theorem without transversality nor Lipschitz condition within Banach algebras
Yesterday, I came across the following preliminary theorem.
Theorem Let $\mathcal{B}$ be a Banach algebra (with unit $e$) and $G$ be a closed subgroup
of $\mathcal{B}^{-1}$ (the group of ...
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Extensions of fraction field and residue field
Let $A \subset B$ be integrally closed local domains, $K(A), K(B)$ be fields of fractions, and $k(A),k(B)$ be residue fields. How to prove $[K(B):K(A)] \ge [k(B):k(A)]$?
This question should be easy ...
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A conjecture about the barycenter of a polytope
Could someone help me with the following conjecture? Thanks a lot!
Suppose I have a polytope $\Delta$ in $\mathbb R^n (n\geq 2)$ with coordinates $(x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n)$ defined by linear ...
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Bijections of Littlewood-Richardson coefficients
Let $c^{\lambda}_{\mu\nu}$ be the Littlewood-Richardson coefficients, where $\lambda,\mu,\nu$ are partitions. We know that $c^{\lambda}_{\mu\nu}= c^{\lambda}_{\nu\mu}$. Up to now, what are the ...
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a property of the characters for center of universal enveloping algebra
Let $\mathfrak g$ be a complex simple Lie algebra. We fix Cartan subalgebra $\mathfrak h$ and a system of positive roots $\Psi$ for the root system of the pair $(\mathfrak g, \mathfrak h).$ For each $...
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Division in the universal enveloping algebra
Let $\mathfrak g$ be a (semisimple) Lie algebra, $\mathfrak b\subset \mathfrak g$ a Borel and $\mathfrak n = [\mathfrak b,\mathfrak b]$. Then I am interested in solving certain division problems in $U(...
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