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On the weak Deligne-Simpson problem for index of rigidity 2

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Rings and Algebras Representation Theory

Abstract

We consider the weak version of the Deligne-Simpson problem: give necessary and sufficient conditions upon the conjugacy classes cjgl(n,C)c_j\subset gl(n,{\bf C}) (resp. CjGL(n,C)C_j\subset GL(n,{\bf C})) so that there exist (p+1)(p+1)-tuples of matrices AjcjA_j\in c_j, A1+...+Ap+1=0A_1+... +A_{p+1}=0 (resp. M1...Mp+1=IM_1... M_{p+1}=I) with trivial centralizers (i.e. reduced to scalars). The true Deligne-Simpson problem requires irreducibility instead of triviality of the centralizer. When the eigenvalues are generic, a Criterium on the Jordan normal forms defined by the conjugacy classes gives the necessary and sufficient conditions for solvability of the true problem. For index of rigidity 2 (i.e. when the sum of the dimensions of the conjugacy classes equals 2n222n^2-2) we show that for a sufficiently large class of (p+1)(p+1)-tuples of conjugacy classes the answer to the weak problem is negative. These conjugacy classes define Jordan normal forms that satisfy the Criterium.

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@article{arxiv.math/0204030,
  title  = {On the weak Deligne-Simpson problem for index of rigidity 2},
  author = {Vladimir Petrov Kostov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0204030},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Submitted to the Proceedings of the Colloquium in the memory of Ruth Michler (Luminy 2001)

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