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Coadjoint orbits of reductive type of seaweed Lie algebras

Representation Theory 2011-11-28 v2

Abstract

A connected algebraic group Q defined over a field of characteristic zero is quasi-reductive if there is an element of its dual of reductive type, that is such that the quotient of its stabiliser by the centre of Q is a reductive subgroup of GL(q), where q=Lie(Q). Due to results of M. Duflo, coadjoint representation of a quasi-reductive Q possesses a so called maximal reductive stabiliser and knowing this subgroup, defined up to a conjugation in Q, one can describe all coadjoint orbits of reductive type. In this paper, we consider quasi-reductive parabolic subalgebras of simple complex Lie algebras as well as all seaweed subalgebras of gl(n) and describe the classes of their maximal reductive stabilisers.

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@article{arxiv.1101.0902,
  title  = {Coadjoint orbits of reductive type of seaweed Lie algebras},
  author = {Anne Moreau and Oksana Yakimova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.0902},
  year   = {2011}
}

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35 pages, 5 figures; International Mathematics Research Notices (2011) 45 pages