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Polynomials associated to Lie algebras

Number Theory 2026-02-18 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

We associate to a semisimple complex Lie algebra g\mathfrak{g} a sequence of polynomials P,g(x)Q[x]P_{\ell,\mathfrak{g}}(x)\in\mathbb{Q}[x] in rr variables, where rr is the rank of g\mathfrak{g} and =0,1,2,\ell=0,1,2,\ldots . The polynomials P,g(x)P_{\ell,\mathfrak{g}}(x) are uniquely associated to the isomorphism class of g\mathfrak{g}, up to re-numbering the variables, and are defined as special values of a variant of Witten's zeta function. Another set of polynomials associated to g\mathfrak{g} were defined in 2008 by Komori, Matsumoto and Tsumura using different special values of another variant of Witten's zeta function.

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@article{arxiv.2507.00326,
  title  = {Polynomials associated to Lie algebras},
  author = {Matías Bruna and Alex Capuñay and Eduardo Friedman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.00326},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

This second version has a new corollary after Theorem 5, and what is now Proposition 7 has been slightly simplified and improved. Some other minor corrections have also been made, but the essence of the paper is unchanged from version 1

R2 v1 2026-07-01T03:40:39.201Z