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Let g be a semisimple complex Lie algebra. Let O be a nilpotent orbit in g. Fix a triangular decomposition g=n+h+n^-. An irreducible component of the intersection of O and n is called an orbital variety associated to O. It is a Lagrangian…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 anna melnikov

The orbital varieties are the irreducible components of the intersection between a nilpotent orbit and a Borel subalgebra of the Lie algebra of a reductive group. There is a geometric correspondence between orbital varieties and irreducible…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-31 Lucas Fresse , Anna Melnikov

Let $\mathrm{F}$ be a local non-archimedean field of residue characteristic $p$ and $\overline{\mathbb{F}}_\ell$ an algebraic closure of a finite field of characteristic $\ell \neq p$. We extend the results of Lapid and M\'inguez concerning…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-17 Johannes Droschl

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a finite-dimensional Lie algebra and $M$ be a $\mathfrak{g}$-module. The Fernando-Kac subalgebra of $\mathfrak{g}$ associated to $M$ is the subset $\mathfrak{g}[M]\subset\mathfrak{g}$ of all elements $g\in\mathfrak{g}$…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2011-08-30 Todor Milev

Let $G$ be a complex simply-connected semisimple Lie group and let $\frak{g}= Lie G$. Let $\frak{g} = \frak{n}_- +\frak{h} + \frak{n}$ be a triangular decomposition of $\frak{g}$. One readily has that $Cent\,U({\frak n})$ is isomorphic to…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-11 Bertram Kostant

Let $ \pi $ be an irreducible Harish-Chandra $ (\mathfrak{g}, K) $-module, and denote its associated variety by $ AV(\pi) $. If $ AV(\pi) $ is reducible, then each irreducible component must contain codimension one boundary component. Thus…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-10 Kyo Nishiyama , Peter Trapa , Akihito Wachi

We study pairs of matrices $A,B\in GL_n({\mathbb C})$ such that the eigenvalues of $A$, of $B$ and of the product $AB$ are specified in advance. We show that the space of such pairs $(A,B)$ under simultaneous conjugation has dimension…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-16 Richard Kenyon , Nicholas Ovenhouse

Let us consider the group $G = < x,y \mid x^m = y^n>$ with $m$ and $n$ nonzero integers. In this paper, we study the variety of epresentations $R(G)$ and the character variety $X(G)$ in $SL(2,\C)$ of the group $G$,obtaining by elementary…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Jorge Martin-Morales , Antonio M. Oller-Marcen

In this expository paper, we provide an overview of the Gelfand-Zeiltin integrable system on the Lie algebra of $n\times n$ complex matrices $\fgl(n,\C)$ introduced by Kostant and Wallach in 2006. We discuss results concerning the geometry…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2011-11-15 Mark Colarusso , Sam Evens

In two 2006 papers, Kostant and Wallach constructed a complexified Gelfand-Zeitlin integrable system for the Lie algebra $\fgl(n+1,\C)$ and introduced the strongly regular elements, which are the points where the Gelfand-Zeitlin flow is…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2011-05-10 Mark Colarusso , Sam Evens

Using our recent results on eigenvalues of invariants associated to the Lie superalgebra gl(m|n), we use characteristic identities to derive explicit matrix element formulae for all gl(m|n) generators, particularly non-elementary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Mark D. Gould , Phillip S. Isaac , Jason L. Werry

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple Lie algebra defined over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p$. Fix an integer $r>1$ and suppose that $V_1,\ldots,V_r$ are irreducible closed subvarieties of $\mathfrak{g}$. Let…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-09 Nham V. Ngo

We show that each orbit of a Borel subgroup $B_{n-1}$ of GL(n-1) (respectively SO(n-1)) on the flag variety of GL(n) (respectively of SO(n)) is a bundle over a $B_{n-1}$-orbit on a generalized flag variety of GL(n-1) (respectively SO(n-1)),…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2021-07-23 Mark Colarusso , Sam Evens

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field and ${\sf G}(2,k^4)$ the Grassmannian of 2-planes in $k^4$. We associate to each 6-dimensional subspace $R$ of the space of 4x4 matrices over $k$ a closed subscheme ${\bf X}_R \subseteq {\sf…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2018-06-15 Alex Chirvasitu , S. Paul Smith , Michaela Vancliff

Let g be a semisimple Lie algebra with h a Cartan subalgebra. The orbit method attempts to assign representations of g to orbits in g*. Orbital varieties are particular Lagrangian subvarieties of such orbits which should lead to highest…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Anthony Joseph , Anna Melnikov

We prove that the character of an irreducible cuspidal representation of $GL_n(\mathbb{F}_{\ell}((t)))$ is locally bounded up to a logarithmic factor by the orbital integral of a matrix coefficient of this representation. The characteristic…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Avraham Aizenbud , Dmitry Gourevitch , David Kazhdan , Eitan Sayag

Let $\mathfrak g$ be a classical simple Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field $\mathbb F$ of characteristic zero or large enough, and let $\mathfrak n$ be a maximal nilpotent subalgebra of $\mathfrak g$. The main tool in…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Mikhail Ignatev , Alexey Petukhov

Let $\mathfrak g$ be a semisimple Lie algebra and $\mathfrak k\subset\mathfrak g$ be a reductive in $\mathfrak g$ subalgebra. A $(\mathfrak g, \mathfrak k)$-module is a $\mathfrak g$-module which after restriction to $\mathfrak k$ becomes a…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2011-03-16 Alexey Petukhov

Let G be a connected simple algebraic group over an algebraically closed field k of characteristic p > 0, and g := Lie(G). We additionally assume that G is standard and is of type An. Motivated by the investigation of the geometric…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-04 Yang Pan

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a complex semisimple Lie algebra, $G$ a simply connected and connected Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ and $V$ a finite dimensional representation. We prove that the zero locus of quadrics containing $G.y$ is…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-03-28 Cesar Massri