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Springer theory via the Hitchin fibration

Symplectic Geometry 2019-02-20 v3 Representation Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we translate the Springer theory of Weyl group representations into the language of symplectic topology. Given a semisimple complex group G, we describe a Lagrangian brane in the cotangent bundle of the adjoint quotient g/G that produces the perverse sheaves of Springer theory. The main technical tool is an analysis of the Fourier transform for constructible sheaves from the perspective of the Fukaya category. Our results can be viewed as a toy model of the quantization of Hitchin fibers in the Geometric Langlands program.

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@article{arxiv.0806.4566,
  title  = {Springer theory via the Hitchin fibration},
  author = {David Nadler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.4566},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

37 pages; to appear in Compos. Math

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