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Existence of Richardson elements in seaweed Lie algebras of type $\mathbb{B}$, $\mathbb{C}$ and $\mathbb{D}$

Representation Theory 2019-08-14 v4 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Seaweed Lie algebras are a natural generalisation of parabolic subalgebras of reductive Lie algebras. The well-known Richardson Theorem says that the adjoint action of a parabolic group has a dense open orbit in the nilpotent radical of its Lie algebra \cite{richardson}. We call elements in the open orbit Richardson elements. In \cite{JSY} together with Yu, we generalized Richardson's Theorem and showed that Richardson elements exist for seaweed Lie algebras of type A\mathbb{A}. Using GAP, we checked that Richardson elements exist for all exceptional simple Lie algebras except E8\mathbb{E}_8, where we found a counterexample. In this paper, we complete the story on Richardson elements for seaweeds of finite type, by showing that they exist for any seaweed Lie algebra of type B\mathbb{B}, C\mathbb{C} and D\mathbb{D}. By decomposing a seaweed into a sum of subalgebras and analysing their stabilisers, we obtain a sufficient condition for the existence of Richarson elements. The sufficient condition is then verified using quiver representation theory. More precisely, using the categorical construction of Richardson elements in type A\mathbb{A}, we prove that the sufficient condition is satisfied for all seaweeds of type B\mathbb{B}, C\mathbb{C} and D\mathbb{D}, except in two special cases, where we give a directproof.

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@article{arxiv.1601.01755,
  title  = {Existence of Richardson elements in seaweed Lie algebras of type $\mathbb{B}$, $\mathbb{C}$ and $\mathbb{D}$},
  author = {Bernt Tore Jensen and Xiuping Su},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.01755},
  year   = {2019}
}