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Orthogonal subsets of classical root systems and coadjoint orbits of unipotent groups

Representation Theory 2013-10-15 v3

Abstract

Let Φ\Phi be a classical root system and kk be a field of sufficiently large characteristic. Let GG be the classical group over kk with the root system Φ\Phi, UU be its maximal unipotent subgroup and u\mathfrak{u} be the Lie algebra of UU. Let DD be an orthogonal subset of Φ\Phi and Ω\Omega be a coadjoint orbit of UU associated with DD. We construct a polarization of u\mathfrak{u} at the canonical form on Ω\Omega. We also find the dimension of Ω\Omega in terms of the Weyl group of Φ\Phi. As a corollary, we determine all possible dimensions of irreducible complex represenations of the group UU for the case of finite field kk.

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@article{arxiv.0904.2841,
  title  = {Orthogonal subsets of classical root systems and coadjoint orbits of unipotent groups},
  author = {Mikhail V. Ignatyev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2841},
  year   = {2013}
}

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11 pages

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