Commuting varieties in bad characteristic
Algebraic Geometry
2026-02-04 v1 Rings and Algebras
Representation Theory
Abstract
Let be an algebraically closed field of characteristic . We consider the commuting variety and the commuting nilpotent variety of the Lie algebra , namely the sets and and prove that they are both irreducible, of dimensions and , respectively.
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@article{arxiv.2602.02935,
title = {Commuting varieties in bad characteristic},
author = {Vlad Roman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.02935},
year = {2026}
}