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Good index behaviour of $\theta$-representations, I

Representation Theory 2010-03-23 v1

Abstract

Let QQ be an algebraic group with q=\LieQq=\Lie Q and VV a QQ-module. The index of VV is the minimal codimension of the QQ-orbits in the dual space VV^*. There is a general inequality, due to Vinberg, relating the index of VV and the index of a QvQ_v-module V/q.vV/q.v for vVv\in V. A pair (Q,V)(Q,V) is said to have GIB if Vinberg's inequality turns into an equality for all vVv\in V. In this article, we are interested in the GIB property of θ\theta-representations, where θ\theta is a finite order automorphism of a simple Lie algebra gg. An automorphism of order mm defines a Z/mZZ/mZ-grading g=g0+g1+...+gm1g=g_0+g_1+...+g_{m-1}. If G0G_0 is the identity component of GθG^\theta, then it acts on >g1\gt g_1 and this action is called a θ\theta-representation. We classify inner automorphisms of glngl_n and all finite order autmorphisms of the exceptional Lie algebras such that (G0,g1)(G_0,g_1) has GIB and g1g_1 contains a semisimple element.

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@article{arxiv.1003.4162,
  title  = {Good index behaviour of $\theta$-representations, I},
  author = {Willem A. de Graaf and Oksana S. Yakimova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.4162},
  year   = {2010}
}