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Root operators, root groups and retractions

Representation Theory 2018-07-30 v3 Group Theory Metric Geometry

Abstract

We prove that the Gaussent--Littelmann root operators on galleries can be expressed purely in terms of retractions of a (Bruhat-Tits) building. In addition we establish a connection to the root datum at infinity.

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@article{arxiv.1509.03146,
  title  = {Root operators, root groups and retractions},
  author = {Petra Schwer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.03146},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

13 pages, 2 figures, minor corrections, final version, to appear in Journal of Combinatorial Algebra (EMS)

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