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B-orbits of square zero in nilradical of the symplectic algebra

Representation Theory 2015-09-22 v1

Abstract

Let SPn(C)SP_n(\mathbb{C}) be the symplectic group and spn(C)\mathfrak{sp}_n(\mathbb{C}) its Lie algebra. Let BB be a Borel subgroup of SPn(C)SP_n(\mathbb{C} ), b=Lie(B)\mathfrak{b}={\rm Lie}(B) and n\mathfrak n its nilradical. Let X\mathcal X be a subvariety of elements of square 0 in n.\mathfrak n. BB acts adjointly on X\mathcal X. In this paper we describe topology of orbits X/B\mathcal X/B in terms of symmetric link patterns. Further we apply this description to the computations of the closures of orbital varieties of nilpotency order 2 and to their intersections. In particular we show that all the intersections of codimension 1 are irreducible.

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@article{arxiv.1509.06008,
  title  = {B-orbits of square zero in nilradical of the symplectic algebra},
  author = {Nurit Barnea and Anna Melnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.06008},
  year   = {2015}
}

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36 pages