Questions tagged [geometric-representation-theory]
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Why are the holomorphic line bundle sections finite dimensional?
I'm trying to understand the Borel--Weil theorem at the moment (not the whole Bott--Borel--Weil theorem as has been asked elsewhere). However, I am having a little difficulty finding a direct proof, ...
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What is the Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch formula for the flag variety of a Lie algebra?
If we have a finite dimensional Lie algebra g, then the flag variety of g is a projective scheme.
My question is what is Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch formula for this projective scheme? Are there any ...
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Introductory References for Geometric Representation Theory
Would anyone be able to recommend text books that give an introduction to Geometric Representation Theory and survey papers that give an outline of the work that has been done in the field? I'm ...
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What is the significance that the Springer resolution is a moment map?
Let $\mathcal{B}$ be the flag variety and $\mathcal{N} \subset \mathfrak{g}$ is the nilpotent cone. We know that the Springer resolution
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\mu: T^*\mathcal{B}\rightarrow \mathcal{N}
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Homotopy type of the affine Grassmannian and of the Beilinson-Drinfeld Grassmannian
The affine Grassmannian of a complex reductive group $G$ (for simplicity one can assume $G=GL_n$) admits the structure of a complex topological space. More precisely, the functor $$X\mapsto |X^{an}|$$ ...
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Morphisms between Verma modules
Let $\mathcal{O}_0$ be the principal block of the BGG category $\mathcal{O}$ for a finite dimensional simple Lie algebra over $\mathbb{C}$. For an element $w$ in the Weyl group $W$, let $\Delta_w$ ...
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How to understand character sheaves
There's a well-known series of articles by Lusztig about Character Sheaves. They have important connections to many things in (geometric) representation theory, e.g. 0904.1247
How to understand these ...
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What kind of algebraic object is $\mathcal{D}_X$? (algebra of diifferential operators). What's special about modules over it?
Let $R$ be a regular ring over a field of char 0. Let $X=Spec R$ and $D=\mathcal{D}_X$
the algebra of differential operators over it.
The overall vague question is what kind of algebraic object is $...
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Interactions (functors) between equivariant sheaves for different groups?
Let $G$ be a finite group and $k$ a field (alg. closed char 0 for simplicity).
To every $G$ set $X$ we can assign the category of $G$-equivariant sheaves of $k$-vector spaces $Sh_G(X)$. It is ...
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Restriction to Levi Subgroups and the Affine Grassmannian
Let $G$ be a complex reductive group, $L\subset G$ a Levi subgroup and $Rep(G)$ the category of rational representations of $G$.
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What is the geometric analogue of the restriction ...
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Could we characterize injective objects in the category of $G$-equivariant sheaves?
Let $k$ be a field and $X$ be a topological space. We consider Sh$(X)$, the category of sheaves of $k$-vector spaces on $X$.
Let $G$ be a topological group which act on $X$ continuously from the left....
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Irreducible representations of product of profinite groups
It is a standard fact in the representation theory of finite groups that for $G,H$ finite groups, all of the irreducible representations of $G \times H$ are the external tensor product of irreps of $G$...
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Action of $F_4$ on generalized flag manifolds
Does there exist (as elementary as possible) a generalized flag manifold (e.g. sphere, projective space, Grassmanian, etc.) of a simple classical Lie group (SL, SO or Sp over real or complex field), ...
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Functors between categories of equivariant sheaves are equivariant sheaves on the product?
This is a follow up question to this question which remained unanswered (satisfactorily) even after a large bounty. I have made a litlle progress and I have no a more specific question which might be ...
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Representation theory and topology of Teichmüller space
$\DeclareMathOperator\Hom{Hom}\DeclareMathOperator\PSL{PSL}\DeclareMathOperator\char{char}$I am reading a note on Teichmüller space, and I come across a somewhat algebraic problem in the picture below,...
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