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A uniform construction of Chevalley normal forms for automorphic Lie algebras on the Riemann sphere

Representation Theory 2025-03-25 v1

Abstract

For a finite subgroup GG of SU(2)SU(2) and one of its ground forms PC[X,Y]P\in\mathbb{C}[X,Y], we show that the space of invariants C[X,Y,P1]kG\mathbb{C}[X,Y,P^{-1}]^{G}_k of degree k2Zk\in2\mathbb{Z} is a cyclic module over the algebra of invariants of degree zero. We find a generator for this module, uniformly for all finite subgroups of SU(2)SU(2). Then we construct a uniform intertwiner sending the scalar invariants to vector-valued invariants. With these tools we construct all automorphic Lie algebras g[X,Y,P1]0G\mathfrak{g}[X,Y,P^{-1}]^{G}_0 defined by a homomorphism from the symmetry group GG into the automorphism group of a finite dimensional Lie algebra g\mathfrak g, which factors through SU(2)SU(2). When the Lie algebra g\mathfrak g is simple, we present a set of generators for the automorphic Lie algebra which is analogous to the Chevalley basis for g\mathfrak g. Previous observations of isomorphisms between automorphic Lie algebras with distinct symmetry groups GG are explained in terms of the Coxeter number of g\mathfrak g and the orders appearing in GG. Finally, we compute the structure constants for automorphic Lie algebras of all exceptional Lie types.

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@article{arxiv.2503.17801,
  title  = {A uniform construction of Chevalley normal forms for automorphic Lie algebras on the Riemann sphere},
  author = {Vincent Knibbeler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.17801},
  year   = {2025}
}