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Stabilizers of the action of Levi on abelianization of nilpotent radical
$\DeclareMathOperator\Lie{Lie}$Let $G$ be a simple connected reductive group over $\mathbb C$. Consider a parabolic subgroup $P=MU$ of $G$, where $M$ is a Levi of $P$ and $U$ is the unipotent radical ...
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Component groups of stabilizers for linear representations
Let $G$ be a connected simple reductive group over $\mathbb C$. Let $V$ be a finite-dimensional complex representation of $G$.
Given a vector $v \in V$, it is natural to consider its stabilizer group $...
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Tensor algebra and universal enveloping algebra
Let $\mathfrak g$ be a Lie algebra which is not reductive. Let $T(\mathfrak g)$ and $U(\mathfrak g)$ be the tensor algebra and universal enveloping algebra of $\mathfrak g$ respectively. We have a ...
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Coordinates on $N_+ \backslash \overline{B_+ w B_+} / N_+$
Let $G = \text{GL}_n(\mathbb{C})$ and let $N_+$ be the subgroup of upper triangular matrices with $1$'s on the diagonal. Let $w$ be a permutation, let $B_+ w B_+$ be the Bruhat cell and let $\overline{...
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Invariants for $SO_n \backslash \mathfrak{gl}_n / SO_n$
Is there a nice theorem about the algebra of invariants $\mathbb{C}[\mathfrak{gl}_n]^{SO_n \times SO_n}$, where the action is by left and right multiplication? I'm hoping for something along the lines ...
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Orbits of unipotent groups
Let $V$ be a real vector space (of finite dimension) and let $G$ be a unipotent Lie subgroup of $\mathrm{GL}(V)$. The orbits of points under the action of $G$ (that is, the sets $Gx = \{T(x) \ : \ T \...
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Semisimple Lie groups admitting a free algebra of invariants
Assume we work over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero.
I know that for a connected semisimple algebraic group there is an upper bound for the number of isomorphism classes of ...
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Ring of invariants of $\operatorname{SL}_6$ acting on $\Lambda^3 \mathbb C^6$
Let $G=\operatorname{SL}_6$ act on $V=\Lambda^3 \mathbb C^6$. I would like to find the ring of invariants $\mathbb C[V]^G$. There is an obvious invariant
$$Sq: V \to \mathbb C, \quad \omega \mapsto \...
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Invariant theory for parabolics
Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over $\mathbb{C}$ of (reductive) rank $\ell$. Let $P$ be a parabolic of $G$ and let $P=LN$ denote the Levi decomposition. Let $\mathfrak{g}, \mathfrak{p}, \...
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Local maxima and minima of the trace of a product of $SL_2^\pm(\mathbb{R})$-matrices
I am working on a problem relating to Lyapunov exponents of products of random matrices, and this has led me to the following question which I suspect is best approached using techniques outside my ...
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Reference for an algebraic group preserving a cubic form
Let $R=k[u,v,w]$ and $p\in R$ be a cubic form. Let $G$ be the group of graded automorphisms of $R$ which preserve $p$, i.e., $G$ is the subgroup
of $GL_3(k)$ consisting of elements $g$ such that $g(p) ...
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