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The adjoint representation inside the exterior algebra of a simple Lie algebra

Representation Theory 2016-02-16 v5

Abstract

For a simple complex Lie algebra g\mathfrak g we study the space of invariants A=(gg)gA=\left( \bigwedge \mathfrak g^*\otimes\mathfrak g^*\right)^{\mathfrak g}, (which describes the isotypic component of type g\mathfrak g in g \bigwedge \mathfrak g^*) as a module over the algebra of invariants (g)g\left(\bigwedge \mathfrak g^*\right)^{\mathfrak g}. As main result we prove that AA is a free module, of rank twice the rank of g\mathfrak g, over the exterior algebra generated by all primitive invariants in (g)g(\bigwedge \mathfrak g^*)^{\mathfrak g}, with the exception of the one of highest degree.

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@article{arxiv.1311.4338,
  title  = {The adjoint representation inside the exterior algebra of a simple Lie algebra},
  author = {Corrado De Concini and Paolo Papi and Claudio Procesi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.4338},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Final version. More misprints corrected. To appear in Advances in Mathematics