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Total positivity in the De Concini-Procesi compactification

Representation Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We study the nonnegative part \bar{G_{>0}} of the De Concini-Procesi compactification of a reductive algebraic group G, as defined by Lusztig. Using positivity properties of the canonical basis and parametrization of flag varieties, we will give an explicit description of \bar{G_{>0}}. This answers the question of Lusztig in [L4]. We will also prove that \bar{G_{>0}} has a cell decomposition which was conjectured by Lusztig.

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@article{arxiv.math/0310031,
  title  = {Total positivity in the De Concini-Procesi compactification},
  author = {Xuhua He},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0310031},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

23 pages. Some corrections. References updated