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On normalizers of maximal tori in classical Lie groups

Representation Theory 2019-12-05 v1

Abstract

The normalizer NG(HG)N_G(H_G) of a maximal torus HGH_G in a semisimple complex Lie group GG does not in general allow a presentation as a semidirect product of HGH_G and the corresponding Weyl group WGW_G. Meanwhile, splitting holds for classical groups corresponding to the root systems AA_\ell, BB_\ell, DD_\ell. For the remaining classical groups corresponding to the root systems CC_\ell there still exists an embedding of the Tits extension of WGW_G into normalizer NG(HG)N_G(H_G). We provide explicit unified construction of the lifts of the Weyl groups into normalizers of maximal tori for classical Lie groups corresponding to the root systems AA_\ell, BB_\ell, DD_\ell using embeddings into general linear Lie groups. For symplectic series of classical Lie groups we provide an explanation of impossibility of embedding of the Weyl group into the symplectic group. The explicit formula for adjoint action of the lifts of the Weyl groups on g=Lie(G)\mathfrak{g}={\rm Lie}(G) are given. Finally some examples of the groups closely associated with classical Lie groups are considered.

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@article{arxiv.1912.02006,
  title  = {On normalizers of maximal tori in classical Lie groups},
  author = {A. A. Gerasimov and D. R. Lebedev and S. V. Oblezin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.02006},
  year   = {2019}
}

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48 pages