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Projection of root systems and the generalized injectivity conjecture for exceptional groups

Representation Theory 2024-07-29 v1

Abstract

Let aa be a real euclidean vector space of finite dimension and Σ\Sigma a root system in aa with a basis Δ\Delta. Let ΘΔ\Theta \subset \Delta and M=MΘM = M_{\Theta} be a standard Levi of a reductive group GG such that aΘa_{\Theta} =aM/aG= a_M / a_G. Let us denote dd the dimension of aΘa_{\Theta}, i.e the cardinal of ΔΘ\Delta - \Theta and ΣΘ\Sigma_{\Theta} the set of all non-trivial projections of roots in Σ\Sigma. We obtain conditions on Θ\Theta such that ΣΘ\Sigma_{\Theta} contains a root system of rank dd. When considering the case of Σ\Sigma of type exceptional, we give a list of all exceptional root systems that can occur in ΣΘ\Sigma_\Theta and use it to prove the generalized injectivity conjecture in most exceptional groups cases.

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@article{arxiv.2407.18817,
  title  = {Projection of root systems and the generalized injectivity conjecture for exceptional groups},
  author = {Sarah Dijols},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.18817},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

The first part of this article has a substantial overlap with arXiv:1904.01884. Comments welcome!

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