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We study the topology of compact manifolds with a Lie group action for which there are only finitely many non-principal orbits, and describe the possible orbit spaces which can occur. If some non-principal orbit is singular, we show that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-06-20 Stefan Bechtluft-Sachs , David J. Wraith

We study the homotopy type of spaces of commuting elements in connected nilpotent Lie groups, via almost commuting elements in their Lie algebras. We give a necessary and sufficient condition on the fundamental group of such a Lie group $G$…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Omar Antolín-Camarena , Bernardo Villarreal

We give an example of a compact connected Lie group of the lowest rank such that the mod 2 cohomology ring of its classifying space has a nonzero nilpotent element.

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Masaki Kameko

Let us fix a complex simple Lie algebra and its non-compact real form. This paper focuses on non-zero adjoint nilpotent orbits in the complex simple Lie algebra meeting the real form. We show that the poset consisting of such nilpotent…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-01-26 Takayuki Okuda

In recent years, the finite W-algebras associated to a semisimple Lie algebra and its nilpotent element have been studied intensively from different viewpoints. In this lecture series, we shall present some basic constructions, connections,…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2011-01-26 Weiqiang Wang

For a complex semi-simple Lie algebra, every nilpotent orbit in its projectivization comes with a complex contact structure. For each nilpotent orbit, we classify projective Legendrian subvarieties that are homogeneous under the actions of…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Minseong Kwon

We formulate and prove that there are "abundant" in nilpotent orbits in real semisimple Lie algebras, in the following sense. If S denotes the collection of hyperbolic elements corresponding the weighted Dynkin diagrams coming from…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2016-12-12 Takayuki Okuda

This short note is a supplement to the previous article with the same title. Here we treat a conical symplectic variety obtained as a finite covering of a (not necessarily normal) nilpotent orbit closure of a complex semisimple Lie algebra.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-11 Yoshinori Namikawa

We report on some computations with nilpotent orbits in simple Lie algebras of exceptional type within the SLA package of GAP4. Concerning reachable nilpotent orbits our computations firstly confirm the classification of such orbits in Lie…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2013-01-08 Willem A. de Graaf

First, I construct an isomorphism between the categories of (topological) groups of nilpotency class 2 with 2-divisible center and (topological) Lie rings of nilpotency class 2 with 2-divisible center. That isomorphism allows us to…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Aleksandrs Mihailovs

Let $G$ be an adjoint algebraic group of type $B$, $C$, or $D$ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 2. We construct a Springer correspondence for the Lie algebra of $G$. In particular, for orthogonal Lie algebras in…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2018-05-25 Ting Xue

Let G be a simple algebraic group over an algebraically closed field with Lie algebra g. Then the orbits of nilpotent elements of g under the adjoint action of G have been classified. We describe a simple algorithm for finding a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-11-09 Willem de Graaf

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

Orbits of coadjoint representations of classical compact Lie groups have a lot of applications. They appear in representation theory, geometrical quantization, theory of magnetism, quantum optics etc. As geometric objects the orbits were…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2013-07-09 Julia Bernatska , Petro Holod

For a non-compact simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ over $\mathbb{R}$, we denote by $\mathcal{O}^{\mathbb{C}}_{\min,\mathfrak{g}}$ the unique complex nilpotent orbit in $\mathfrak{g} \otimes_\mathbb{R} \mathbb{C}$ containing all minimal…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-26 Takayuki Okuda

The condition of nilpotency is studied in the general linear Lie algebra $\mathfrak{gl}_{n}(\mathbb{K})$ and the symplectic Lie algebra $\mathfrak{sp}_{2m}(\mathbb{K})$ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0. In particular,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-03-14 Samuel Reid

Associated to any manifold equipped with a closed form of degree >1 is an `L-infinity algebra of observables' which acts as a higher/homotopy analog of the Poisson algebra of functions on a symplectic manifold. In order to study Lie group…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-17 Martin Callies , Yael Fregier , Christopher L. Rogers , Marco Zambon

Building upon the work of Pavel in [P. Kolesnikov, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 56, 7 (2015)], we first present the cohomology of averaging operators on the Lie conformal algebras and use it to develop the cohomology of averaging Lie…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2024-12-31 Sania Asif , Zhixiang Wu

Let $M$ be a $G$-covering of a nilpotent orbit in $\g$ where $G$ is a complex semisimple Lie group and $\g=\text{Lie}(G)$. We prove that under Poisson bracket the space $R[2]$ of homogeneous functions on $M$ of degree 2 is the unique…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Ranee Brylinski , Bertram Kostant

Let $\0$ be a nilpotent orbit in a semisimple complex Lie algebra $\g$. Denote by $G$ the simply connected Lie group with Lie algebra $\g$. For a $G$-homogeneous covering $M \to \0$, let $X$ be the normalization of $\bar{\0}$ in the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Baohua Fu