Polynomials associated to Lie algebras
Number Theory
2026-02-18 v2 Representation Theory
Abstract
We associate to a semisimple complex Lie algebra a sequence of polynomials in variables, where is the rank of and . The polynomials are uniquely associated to the isomorphism class of , 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 were defined in 2008 by Komori, Matsumoto and Tsumura using different special values of another variant of Witten's zeta function.
Cite
@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