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An Explicit Determination of the Springer Morphism

Representation Theory 2017-01-09 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a simply connected semisimple algebraic group over C\mathbb{C} and let ρ:GGL(Vλ)\rho :G\rightarrow GL(V_\lambda) be an irreducible representation of highest weight λ\lambda. Suppose that ρ\rho has finite kernel. Springer defined adjoint-invariant regular map with Zariski dense image from the group to its Lie algebra, θλ:Gg\theta_\lambda:G\rightarrow\mathfrak{g}, which depends on λ\lambda [Kumar]. By a lemma in Kumar's recent paper, θλ\theta_\lambda takes the maximal torus to its Lie algebra t\mathfrak{t}. Thus, for a given simple group GG and an irreducible representation VλV_\lambda, one may write θλ(t)=i=1nci(t)αiˇ\theta_\lambda (t)=\sum\limits_{i=1}^n c_i(t)\check{\alpha_i}, where the simple co-roots {αiˇ}\{\check{\alpha_i}\} are a basis for t\mathfrak{t}. We give a complete determination of these coefficients ci(t)c_i(t) for any simple group GG as a sum over the weights of the torus action on VλV_\lambda.

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@article{arxiv.1701.01538,
  title  = {An Explicit Determination of the Springer Morphism},
  author = {Sean Rogers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.01538},
  year   = {2017}
}

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10 pages

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