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- Pablo <pablo-escobar@riseup.net>
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Fixed some typos
Source code for my notes on representations of semisimple Lie algebras and Olivier Mathieu's classification of simple weight modules
Fixed some typos
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diff --git a/sections/introduction.tex b/sections/introduction.tex @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ non-associative algebras -- i.e. algebras satisfying \emph{pseudo-associativity} conditions. Perhaps the most fascinating class of non-associative algebras are the so -called \emph{Lie algebras}, and these will be the focus of this notes. +called \emph{Lie algebras}, and these will be the focus of these notes. \begin{definition} Given a field \(K\), a Lie algebra over \(K\) is a \(K\)-vector space @@ -523,14 +523,13 @@ Notice there is a canonical homomorphism \(\mathfrak{g} \to \end{tikzcd} \end{center} -We denote the image of some \(X \in \mathfrak{g}\) under the inclusion -\(\mathfrak{g} \to T \mathfrak{g}\) simply by \(X \in -\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\), and we write \(u \cdot v\) for \((u + I) \otimes -(v + I)\). Since the projection \(T \mathfrak{g} \to -\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) is not injective, it is not at all clear that the -homomorphism \(\mathfrak{g} \to \mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) is injective -- as -suggested by the notation we've just highlighted. However, we will soon see -this is the case. Intuitively, \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) is the smallest +Given \(X, Y \in \mathfrak{g}\), we denote their images under the inclusion +\(\mathfrak{g} \to T \mathfrak{g}\) simply by \(X\) and \(Y\) and we write \(X +\cdot Y\) for \((X \otimes Y) + I\). This notation suggests the map +\(\mathfrak{g} \to \mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) is injective, but at this point +this is not at all clear -- since the projection \(T \mathfrak{g} \to +\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) is not injective. However, we will soon see this is +the case. Intuitively, \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) is the smallest associative \(K\)-algebra containing \(\mathfrak{g}\) as a Lie subalgebra. In practice this means\dots @@ -587,7 +586,7 @@ We should point out this construction is functorial. Indeed, if \(f : \mathfrak{g} \to \mathfrak{h}\) is a homomorphism of Lie algebras then proposition~\ref{thm:universal-env-uni-prop} implies there is a homomorphism of algebras \(\mathcal{U}(f) : \mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g}) \to -\mathcal(\mathfrak{h})\) satisfying +\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{h})\) satisfying \begin{center} \begin{tikzcd} \mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g}) \arrow[dotted]{rr}{\mathcal{U}(f)} & & @@ -666,11 +665,11 @@ too -- if we replace \(C^\infty(G)\) by \(\mathcal{O}(G)\) and \(K[G]\), respectively. This last theorem has profound implications regarding the structure of \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\). For one, since \(\operatorname{Diff}(G)\) is a domain, so is \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g}) \cong -\operatorname{Diff}(G)^G\). In adition, also -proposition~\ref{thm:geometric-realization-of-uni-env} implies the inclusion -\(\mathfrak{g} \to \mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) is in fact injective. +\operatorname{Diff}(G)^G\). In adition, +proposition~\ref{thm:geometric-realization-of-uni-env} also implies the +inclusion \(\mathfrak{g} \to \mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) is in fact injective. -Of course, this are results concerning arbitrary Lie algebras and +Of course, these are results concerning arbitrary Lie algebras and proposition~\ref{thm:geometric-realization-of-uni-env} only applies for algebras which come from Lie groups -- as well as complex Lie groups and algebraic groups. Nevertheless, these are still lots of Lie algebras. For