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A polytope combinatorics for semisimple groups

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Combinatorics Representation Theory

Abstract

Mirkovic and Vilonen discovered a canonical basis of algebraic cycles for the intersection homology of (the closures of the strata of) the loop Grassmannian. The moment map images of these varieties are a collection of polytopes, and they may be used to compute weight multiplicities and tensor product multiplicities for representations of a semisimple group. The polytopes are explicitly described for a few low rank groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0110225,
  title  = {A polytope combinatorics for semisimple groups},
  author = {Jared E. Anderson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0110225},
  year   = {2007}
}

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17 pages, 10 figures