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On intersections of certain partitions of a group compactification

Representation Theory 2009-07-08 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a connected semi-simple algebraic group of adjoint type over an algebraically closed field, and let G\overline{G} be the wonderful compactification of GG. For a fixed pair (B,B)(B, B^-) of opposite Borel subgroups of GG, we look at intersections of Lusztig's GG-stable pieces and the B×BB^-\times B-orbits in G\overline{G}, as well as intersections of B×BB \times B-orbits and B×BB^- \times B^--orbits in G\overline{G}. We give explicit conditions for such intersections to be non-empty, and in each case, we show that every non-empty intersection is smooth and irreducible, that the closure of the intersection is equal to the intersection of the closures, and that the non-empty intersections form a strongly admissible partition of G\overline{G}.

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@article{arxiv.0907.1137,
  title  = {On intersections of certain partitions of a group compactification},
  author = {Xuhua He and Jiang-Hua Lu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1137},
  year   = {2009}
}