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(Ir)Reducibility of some commuting varieties associated with involutions

Representation Theory 2007-05-23 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Here we prove that a commuting variety associated with a symmetric pair (g, g_0) is irreducible for (so_{n+m}, so_n + so_m) and reducible for (gl_{n+m}, {gl}_n + gl_m) with n>m, (so_{2n}, gl_n) with odd n, (E_6, {so}_{10} + k).

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@article{arxiv.math/0504145,
  title  = {(Ir)Reducibility of some commuting varieties associated with involutions},
  author = {Oksana Yakimova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0504145},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

New examples of reducible commuting varieties are added