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We compare orbits in the nilpotent cone of type $B_n$, that of type $C_n$, and Kato's exotic nilpotent cone. We prove that the number of $\F_q$-points in each nilpotent orbit of type $B_n$ or $C_n$ equals that in a corresponding union of…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2011-08-25 Pramod N. Achar , Anthony Henderson , Eric Sommers

Let N be the maximal unipotent subgroup in the simple algebraic group of type {\Phi}. It naturally acts on the space dual to the Lie algebra n of N, and this action is called coadjoint. Such orbits play the key role in the orbit method of…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Matvey A. Surkov

We prove that a conical symplectic variety with maximal weight 1 is isomorphic to one of the following: (i) an affine space with the standard symplectic form (ii) a nilpotent orbit closure of a complex semisimple Lie algebra with the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-07-28 Yoshinori Namikawa

A complete description of the coadjoint orbits for A_{n-1}^{+}, the nilpotent Lie algebra of n-by-n strictly upper triangular matrices, has not yet been obtained, though there has been steady progress on it ever since the orbit method was…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Shantala Mukherjee

Motivated by geometric Langlands, we initiate a program to study the mirror symmetry between nilpotent orbit closures of a semisimple Lie algebra and those of its Langlands dual. The most interesting case is $B_n$ via $C_n$. Classically,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-31 Baohua Fu , Yongbin Ruan , Yaoxiong Wen

We consider the variety of nilpotent elements in the dual of the Lie algebra of a reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field. We propose a definition of a partition of this variety into smooth locally closed smooth…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-15 G. Lusztig

This is a sequel to \cite{osy} and \cite{sxy}. Associated with $G:=\GL_n$ and its rational representation $(\rho, M)$ over an algebraically closed filed $\bk$, we define an enhanced algebraic group $\uG:=G\ltimes_\rho M$ which is a product…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Bin Shu , Yunpeng Xue , Yufeng Yao

The Coulomb branches of certain 3-dimensional N=4 quiver gauge theories are closures of nilpotent orbits of classical or exceptional algebras. The monopole formula, as Hilbert series of the associated Coulomb branch chiral ring, has been…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-07 Amihay Hanany , Marcus Sperling

This is an expository article on the singularities of nilpotent orbit closures in simple Lie algebras over the complex numbers. It is slanted towards aspects that are relevant for representation theory, including Maffei's theorem relating…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-12-22 Anthony Henderson

We present two methods for computing the rational singular locus of the closure of a nilpotent orbit in a complex semisimple Lie algebra and give a number of interesting examples.

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2013-04-17 William M. McGovern

A nilpotent orbit $O$ of a complex semisimple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ has finite fundamental group. Associated with an etale cover of $O$, we have a finite cover of the closure $\bar{O}$ of $O$. In this article we consider the finite…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-07-27 Yoshinori Namikawa

Let $\mathcal{N}_{\mathfrak{g}^*}$ be the variety of nilpotent elements in the dual of the Lie algebra of a reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field. In \cite{Lu2} Lusztig proposes a definition of a partition of…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2018-05-25 Ting Xue

Let $G$ be a simple algebraic group with $\mathfrak g=Lie(G)$ and $\mathcal O\subset\mathfrak g$ a nilpotent orbit. If $H$ is a reductive subgroup of $G$ with $Lie(H)=\mathfrak h$, then $\mathfrak g=\mathfrak h\oplus\mathfrak m$, where…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-15 Dmitri I. Panyushev

In this paper we describe the number of multiplicity-free primitive ideals associated with the rigid nilpotent orbits in finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras. Thanks to the results obtained earlier we need to solve the problem for the two…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-02 Alexander Premet , David Stewart

We consider aspects of the geometry and topology of nilpotent orbits in finite-dimensional complex simple Lie algebras. In particular, we give the equivariant cohomologies of the regular and minimal nilpotent orbits with respect to the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-29 Peter Crooks

We give a simple description of the closure of the nilpotent orbits appearing as associated varieties of admissible affine vertex algebras in terms of primitive ideals.

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-15 Tomoyuki Arakawa , Jethro van Ekeren , Anne Moreau

For local non-archimedean fields $k$ of sufficiently large residual characteristic, we explicitly parametrize and count the rational nilpotent adjoint orbits in each algebraic orbit of orthogonal and special orthogonal groups. We separately…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-14 Tobias Bernstein , Jia-Jun Ma , Monica Nevins , Jit Wu Yap

We give a full classification of 6-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras over an arbitrary field, including fields that are not algebraically closed and fields of characteristic~2. To achieve the classification we use the action of the…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2020-06-26 Serena Cicalo , Willem A de Graaf , Csaba Schneider

In the paper "The second cohomology of nilpotent orbits in classical Lie algebras, Kyoto J. Math. 60 (2020), no. 2, 717-799" by I. Biswas, P. Chatterjee, and C. Maity, explicit descriptions of the second and first real de Rham cohomology…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-12 Indranil Biswas , Pralay Chatterjee , Chandan Maity

Let $G$ be a quasi-simple algebraic group defined over an algebraically closed field $k$ and $B$ a Borel subgroup of $G$ acting on the nilradical $\mathfrak{n}$ of its Lie algebra $\mathfrak{b}$ via the Adjoint representation. It is known…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-06 Madeleine Burkhart , David Vella