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Strongly real adjoint orbits of complex symplectic Lie group

Group Theory 2024-11-15 v1 Representation Theory Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We consider the adjoint action of the symplectic Lie group Sp(2n,C)\mathrm{Sp}(2n,\mathbb{C}) on its Lie algebra sp(2n,C)\mathfrak{sp}(2n,\mathbb{C}). An element Xsp(2n,C)X \in \mathfrak{sp}(2n,\mathbb{C}) is called AdSp(2n,C)\mathrm{Ad}_{\mathrm{Sp}(2n,\mathbb{C})}-real if X=Ad(g)X -X = \mathrm{Ad}(g)X for some gSp(2n,C)g \in \mathrm{Sp}(2n,\mathbb{C}). Moreover, if X=Ad(h)X -X = \mathrm{Ad}(h)X for some involution hSp(2n,C)h \in \mathrm{Sp}(2n,\mathbb{C}), then Xsp(2n,C)X \in \mathfrak{sp}(2n,\mathbb{C}) is called strongly AdSp(2n,C)\mathrm{Ad}_{\mathrm{Sp}(2n,\mathbb{C})}-real. In this paper, we prove that for every element Xsp(2n,C)X \in \mathfrak{sp}(2n,\mathbb{C}), there exists a skew-involution gSp(2n,C)g \in \mathrm{Sp}(2n,\mathbb{C}) such that X=Ad(g)X-X =\mathrm{Ad}(g)X. Furthermore, we classify the strongly AdSp(2n,C)\mathrm{Ad}_{\mathrm{Sp}(2n,\mathbb{C})}-real elements in sp(2n,C)\mathfrak{sp}(2n,\mathbb{C}). We also classify skew-Hamiltonian matrices that are similar to their negatives via a symplectic involution.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2411.09575,
  title  = {Strongly real adjoint orbits of complex symplectic Lie group},
  author = {Tejbir Lohan and Chandan Maity},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.09575},
  year   = {2024}
}

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9 pages, Final version, To appear in Linear Algebra and its Applications