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Cauchon diagrams for quantized enveloping algebras

Quantum Algebra 2009-02-10 v2

Abstract

Let g\mathfrak{g} be a finite dimensional complex simple Lie algebra, K\mathbb{K} a commutative field and qq a nonzero element of K\mathbb{K} which is not a root of unity. To each reduced decomposition of the longest element w0w_0 of the Weyl group WW corresponds a PBW basis of the quantised enveloping algebra Uq+(g)\mathcal{U}_q^+(\mathfrak{g}), and one can apply the theory of deleting-derivation to this iterated Ore extension. In particular, for each decomposition of w0w_0, this theory constructs a bijection between the set of prime ideals in Uq+(g)\mathcal{U}_q^+(\mathfrak{g}) that are invariant under a natural torus action and certain combinatorial objects called Cauchon diagrams. In this paper, we give an algorithmic description of these Cauchon diagrams when the chosen reduced decomposition of w0w_0 corresponds to a good ordering (in the sense of Lusztig \cite{Lu2}) of the set of positive roots. This algorithmic description is based on the constraints that are coming from Lusztig's admissible planes \cite{Lu2}: each admissible plane leads to a set of constraints that a diagram has to satisfy to be Cauchon. Moreover, we explicitely describe the set of Cauchon diagrams for explicit reduced decomposition of w0w_0 in each possible type. In any case, we check that the number of Cauchon diagrams is always equal to the cardinal of WW. In \cite{CM}, we use these results to prove that Cauchon diagrams correspond canonically to the positive subexpressions of w0w_0. So the results of this paper also give an algorithmic description of the positive subexpressions of any reduced decomposition of w0w_0 corresponding to a good ordering.

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@article{arxiv.0807.1012,
  title  = {Cauchon diagrams for quantized enveloping algebras},
  author = {Antoine Mériaux},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1012},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

The section 4 was rewritten and split into section 4 and 5 for more clarity. An english version is now available

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