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Group Representations and Holomorphic Vectors Bundles over Homogeneous Spaces (extending Borel--Weil)
For a flag manifold $F$ of a group $G$, the Borel--Weil theorem deals with representations of $G$ on the holomorphic sections of the line bundles over $F$.
Let us consider a general framework than ...
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Spaces of matrices with same eigenvalue/Great circles in O(n)-orbits
Let $Sym^2(V)$ be the set of symmetric matrices of a real $n$-dimensional vector space $V$. Given an element $\underline{\lambda}=[\lambda_1,\ldots \lambda_n]\in \mathbb{RP}^n$, where $\lambda_1\leq\...
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classifying space and cohomology of integer general linear group
I have obtained that the classifying space
$$
BGL(\mathbb{R}^n)=BO(\mathbb{R}^n)=G_n(\mathbb{R}^\infty)
$$
is the Grassmannian.
I have also obtained that the mod 2 cohomology is the polynomial ...
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Complete classification of six dimensional non-semi simple Lie algebra
I would aim to know the complete classification of 6 dimensional non-semi simple Lie algebra (here the dimension stands for the generators; or the dimension $\leq 6$).
In this paper, in page 7, it ...
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Infinite dimensional unitary representations of SU(2) for non-half-integer j?
The finite dimensional irreducible unitary representations of $SU(2)$ are labelled by $j$ which needs to be half-integer, the dimension of the representation is $2j+1$. This is well-known, all is good....
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Question on irreducible representation of tensor products
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Suppose that $V_1$ and $V_2$ are two finite dimensional representations of lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ generated by highest weight vectors $v_1^*$ and $v_2^*$ of weights $\mu_1$ and $\mu_2$ ...
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"geometric" description of the algebra of central functions on a Lie group
I am looking for a a description of the algebra of continuous central functions on a group, say a compact simple Lie group $G$, as the algebra of all continuous functions on a "nice" compact Hausdorff ...
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Weyl's Branching Rule for $SU(N)$-Setting
On the Wikipedia page for restricted representations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restricted_representation
there is presented a number of explicit "branching rules". In particular, there is the ...
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Reg the motivation behind Lusztig-Vogan bijection
Let $G$ be an algebraic group. Choose a Borel subgroup $B$ and
a maximal Torus $T \subset B$. Let $\Lambda$ be the set of weights wrt $T$ and let $\mathfrak{g}$ be the lie algebra of $G$.
Now, ...
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Relationship between parabolic subgroups and parabolic subalgebras over non-algebraically-closed fields
Let $\mathbb{K}$ be an arbitrary field, and $G$ an algebraic group (or group variety?) over this field. A Borel subgroup of $G$ is a connected solvable subgroup variety $B$ of $G$ such that $G/B$ is ...
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Orbit structure of linear representations of complex Lie groups
Let $G$ be a semisimple complex Lie group (or perhaps a reductive algebraic group over $\mathbb{C}$) and $V$ an irreducible finite-dimensional representation of $G$, determined by its highest weight. ...
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Equivariant Cohomology of a Complex Projective Variety
Suppose that I have a complex projective variety $X$ endowed with an algebraic action of a complex torus $T$. Suppose also that the set $X^T$ of fixed points is finite. I would like to relate the ...
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Non-standard partial orders on root systems
Let $\frak{g}$ be a semisimple complex Lie algebra and let $\Delta$ be its associated root system with $\{\alpha_1, \dotsc, \alpha_l\}$ a choice of positive roots. As we all know - $\Delta$ admits a ...
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Density of matrix coefficients of unitary representations of a locally compact group
Let $G$ be a locally compact group, $C_0(G)$ the $C^*$-algebra of continuous functions on $G$ that vanish at infinity, $C_b(G)$ the $C^*$-algebra of bounded continuous functions on $G$. We know that $...
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Coordinate-free description of an alternating trilinear form on pure octonions
Let $O$ denote the division algebra of octonions over $\Bbb R$, and write $V$ for the 7-dimensional quotient space $O/{\Bbb R}$.
The compact group $G_2:={\rm Aut}(O)$ naturally acts on $V$,
and ...
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Ideal of the boundary of $G/U \subset \overline{G/U}$
Let $G$ be a semi simple algebraic group, $B \subset G$ is a Borel subgroup and $U \subset B$ is the unipotent radical of $B$. We can consider the variety $G/U$. Let us also denote $\overline{G/U}:=\...
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If $N_G(S)/Z_G(S)$ is a reflection group, is it a Weyl group?
Let $G$ be a compact, connected Lie group and $S$ a torus in $G$ not assumed maximal. Then conjugation in $G$ induces a faithful representation of $N = N_G(S)/Z_G(S)$ in the Lie algebra $\mathfrak s$ ...
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Borel–Weil theorem - reference request
I am asking about good references (both books and papers) for the well-known Borel–Weil theorem. Thank you very much!
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Dimensions of Jordan blocks associated to representations
Given a linear representation $\rho$ of $SL_n(\mathbb C)$ of finite dimension $m$,
the image $\rho(U)$ of a maximal unipotent Jordan block $U\in SL_n$ decomposes
into generally several Jordan blocks ...
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Analogue of the special orthogonal group for singular quadratic forms
The special orthogonal group $SO(n)$ is the subgroup of the special linear group $SL(n)$ of $n\times n$ matrices with determinant one that preserve a non-degenerate symmetric bilinear form. If such a ...
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Fell's trick for Lie groups
Let $\Gamma$ be a countable discrete group and $\lambda$ the left regular representation of $\Gamma$ on $l^2(\Gamma)$. Let $\rho:\Gamma\rightarrow U(H)$ be a unitary representation of $\Gamma$ on some ...
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Does there always exist an irreducible representation occurring with multiplicity one when inducing from a closed subgroup to a compact Lie group?
Edit 2: Please note the new, more specific version of the question: Does there always exist an irreducible representation occurring with multiplicity one when inducing from $M=Z_K(A)$ to $K$?
Let $K$ ...
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Kostant's $G$-invariant part in the sym power ring of adjoint representation?
Let $g$ be a Lie algebra, say $sl_n(\mathbb C)$. It is considered as the adjoint representation of $G=SL_n(\mathbb C)$.
A famous theorem of Kostant from "Lie Group Representations on Polynomial ...
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References on standard monomial theory
I am interested in learning about standard monomial theory and Seshadri's program. I find the topic interesting, but I could not yet find a resource which kind of "dumbs it down" enough (a ...
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Table of products for Lie algebra inner product of roots and weights
For a simple Lie algebra $\frak{g}$, it is usual to scale the inner product so that the shortest simple root has length $2$. With this conventions, where can I find a table (online) of the following ...
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Irreducible representations of Sp(2)
I am looking for an explicit description of the finite dimensional irreducible representations of the classical Lie group $\text{Sp}(2) = \{A\in M_2(\mathbb{H})\,|\,A\overline{A}^T = I\}$.
I can ...
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Intersections of $B$ and $B^-$ orbits in the flag variety $G/B$
Let $G = SL_n(\mathbb{C})$, $B$ be a Borel subgroup, and $B^-$ be the opposite Borel.
Both the $B$ and $B^-$ orbits on the flag variety $G/B$ are indexed by the Weyl group $W$. Let $S_{w_1}$ and $S^-...
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Measurable representations of semi simple Lie groups
Let $G$ be a semi simple Lie group. I'm particularly interested in $SL(n,\mathbb{R})$. It is proved in
I. E. Segal and J. von Neumann, A theorem on unitary representations of semisimple
Lie groups, ...
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"Plucker" embedding of G/N, for reductive group G, affinization of quasiaffine varieties
I'll use "affinization" to describe the natural map of schemes $X \rightarrow \text{Spec}(\Gamma(X, \mathcal{O}_X))$. For quasi-affine varieties $X$ this is an open embedding.
Let $G$ be a reductive ...
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Stabilizers for nilpotent adjoint orbits of semisimple groups
Let $G$ be a connected, simply-connected, complex, semisimple Lie group with Lie algebra $\frak{g}$. Suppose that $X\in\frak{g}$ is a nilpotent element (i.e. that $ad_X:\frak{g}\rightarrow\frak{g}$ is ...
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Nilpotent Lie Algebras
Let $\frak{g}$ be a finite-dimensional complex nilpotent Lie algebra. Given $\xi\in\frak{g}$, what is known about the intersection of $im(ad_{\xi})$ (the image of $ad_{\xi}:\frak{g}\rightarrow\frak{g}$...
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Explicit Jacquet-Langlands correspondence for real reductive groups
Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over $\mathbb R$. Let $G'$ over $\mathbb R$ be an inner form of $G$ with ${}^LG={}^LG'$. By local Langlands correspondence over $\mathbb R$, if a $L$-packet of $...
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What are the maximal closed subgroups of $ \operatorname{SU}_3 $?
$\DeclareMathOperator\SU{SU}\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$What are the maximal closed subgroups of $ \SU_3 $?
This question is inspired by Lie subgroups of SU(3). Interesting partial answers to that ...
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Special linear groups contained in symplectic groups
Let $q$ be a power of prime $p$, and $n, m, k$ positive integers such that $mk=2n$ and $2\leq m<2n$. Let $\mathrm{Sp}(2n,q)$ be the symplectic group of dimension $2n$ over $\mathrm{GF}(q)$ and $\...
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Other than SU(3), SO(4), SU(2)xU(1), are there compact semisimple Lie groups which exactly two 3-dimensional representations that are dual to each other?
In my original question, I asked which compact Lie groups $G$ have a certain property. Jim and Dan showed that this property is equivalent to $G$ having exactly two irreducible 3-dimensional ...
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Finite dimensional homogeneous spaces of $Diff(S^1)$
This question is a refined version of Representations of infinite dimensional Lie algebras as vector fields on manifolds
I'm interested in the finite dimensional homogeneous spaces of $Diff(S^1)$. ...
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Tensoring irreducible $B$-series representations/ Type B Littlewood-Richardson
When tensoring finite dimensional representations of the Lie algebra ${\frak sl}_n$, we have an explicit algorithm given in terms of Young diagrams. See Section 4 of this paper.
Do there exist ...
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Clebsch–Gordan decomposition for $\mathrm{SU}(2)$, in indices
Let $\pi_m$, $m \geq 0$, be the unitary irreps of $\mathrm{SU}(2)$. The Clebsch–Gordan decomposition then gives that
$$ \pi_m \otimes \pi_n = \bigoplus_{k=0}^{\min(m,n)}\pi_{m+n-2k}.$$
But suppose I ...
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Principal series representations of $SL(2,\mathbb{R})$: introductory textbooks [duplicate]
I am interested in introductory books/papers/reports about the (unitary) representation theory of $SL(2,\mathbb{R})$, with particular emphasis on the principal series representations. My background: I ...
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Irreducible representations containing simple actions of $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$
Let $G$ be a complex semisimple Lie group and let $\rho: G \longrightarrow \mathrm{SL}(n,\mathbb{C})$ be a faithful irreducible representation of $G$ with $n \geq 3$. Suppose that $G$ contains a copy ...
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Closed form for 3j-symbol ratios
I am working on the spherical harmonic decomposition of cosmic microwave background maps, therefore I often deal with functions that are proportional to Wigner 3J symbols/Clebsch–Gordan ...
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Equivariant $K$-theory, singular vectors, and flag manifolds
For a homogeneous space $M = G/B$, with $G$ a (complex) semi-simple Lie group, it is very well-known that equivariant vector bundles $E$ over $M$ correspond to representations $(V_{\lambda},\lambda)$ ...
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classification for coadjoint orbits of lower or upper triangular matrices
Is there any classification for coadjoint orbits of lower or upper triangular matrices in general case $n\times n$. Is there any reference?
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Finite order automorpisms of affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras
It is known that for a finite order automorphism $\phi$ of a complex semisimple Lie algebra $L$, the fixed point subalgebra $L^{\phi}$ is a reductive Lie algebra and the centralizer of a Cartan ...
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What is the name of the real form corresponding to the quaternionic symmetric space?
Let $G$ be a compact simple Lie group. Choose a system of positive roots, and let $\mathrm{SU}(2) \subset G$ correspond to the highest root, and $\mathbb{Z}/2 \subset \mathrm{SU}(2)$ the centre. The ...
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canonical action of symmetric groups on orthogonal groups
There is a canonical faithful orthogonal representation of the symmetric group $S_{n+1}$, for $n\geq 1$:
$$
S_{n+1}\to O(n)
$$
given as follows.
(1). I regard $O(n)$ as the isometry group of the unit ...
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Can we prove that there are countably many isomorphism classes of compact Lie groups without the classification of simple Lie algebras?
This is an old math.SE question of mine that was never answered:
It is a nontrivial fact that there are only countably many isomorphism classes of compact Lie groups. One can prove this by a series ...
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Finite maximal closed subgroups of Lie groups
Cross-posted from MSE
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4272017/finite-maximal-closed-subgroups-of-lie-groups
$\newcommand{\G}{\mathcal{G}} \newcommand{\K}{\mathcal{K}} \DeclareMathOperator\SU{...
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Definition of a Dirac operator
So it seems that a Dirac operator acting on spinors on $\psi=\psi(\mathfrak{su}(2),\mathbb{C}^2)$ can be written in this case simply as:
$D=\sum_{i,j} E_{ij}\otimes e_{ji}$, where $E_{ij}$ are ...
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Regular functions on nilpotent orbits and their covers
Let $G$ be a complex semisimple algebraic group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$.
In 1989 McGovern described the structure (as $G$-module) of the ring of regular functions on a finite cover of the ...
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