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Composition factors for the Springer resolution

Representation Theory 2014-10-28 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let π:N~N\pi:\widetilde{\mathcal N}\to\mathcal N be the Springer resolution of the nilpotent cone for a semisimple connected algebraic group GG over C\mathbb C and kk be an arbitrary field. What happens to πk[dimN]\pi_*k[\dim\mathcal N] if the decomposition theorem fails for it? We show that in this case, some additional (with respect to the case char  k=0{\rm char}\;k=0) composition factors of this direct image in the (abelian) category of perverse sheaves may emerge. These factors emerge from the ZG(x)/ZG(x)0Z_G(x)/Z_G(x)^0-composition factors of the radicals of certain intersection forms and from that of the top comohologies of Springer fibres (in the non-semisimple case).

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@article{arxiv.1407.5169,
  title  = {Composition factors for the Springer resolution},
  author = {Vladimir Shchigolev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5169},
  year   = {2014}
}
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