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Nilpotent commuting varieties of the Witt algebra

Representation Theory 2014-04-22 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let g\mathfrak{g} be the pp-dimensional Witt algebra over an algebraically closed field kk of characteristic p>3p>3. Let N=xx[p]=0\mathscr{N}={x\in\ggg\mid x^{[p]}=0} be the nilpotent variety of g\mathfrak{g}, and C(N):={(x,y)N×N[x,y]=0}\mathscr{C}(\mathscr{N}):=\{(x,y)\in \mathscr{N}\times\mathscr{N}\mid [x,y]=0\} the nilpotent commuting variety of g\mathfrak{g}. As an analogue of Premet's result in the case of classical Lie algebras [A. Premet, Nilpotent commuting varieties of reductive Lie algebras. Invent. Math., 154, 653-683, 2003.], we show that the variety C(N)\mathscr{C}(\mathscr{N}) is reducible and equidimensional. Irreducible components of C(N)\mathscr{C}(\mathscr{N}) and their dimension are precisely given. Furthermore, the nilpotent commuting varieties of Borel subalgebras are also determined.

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@article{arxiv.1301.5667,
  title  = {Nilpotent commuting varieties of the Witt algebra},
  author = {Yu-Feng Yao and Hao Chang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.5667},
  year   = {2014}
}

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