lie-algebras-and-their-representations

Source code for my notes on representations of semisimple Lie algebras and Olivier Mathieu's classification of simple weight modules

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1902f952dfc109f2ffe4a0f5d7424851f45d90e5
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b8338a63ac2220a75083c4ec3336084940996d1b
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Pablo <pablo-escobar@riseup.net>
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Changed the notation for irreducible/simple objects in the category of coherent faimlies

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1 file changed, 25 insertions, 27 deletions

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Modified sections/mathieu.tex 52 25 27
diff --git a/sections/mathieu.tex b/sections/mathieu.tex
@@ -430,13 +430,13 @@ Explicitly, we find that the action of \(\mathfrak{sl}_2(K)\) in
 \(\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}]\) is given by
 \begin{align*}
   p & \overset{f}{\mapsto}
-  \left( 
+  \left(
   - \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x} + \frac{1 - \lambda}{2} x^{-1}
   \right) p &
   p & \overset{h}{\mapsto}
   \left( 2 x \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x} + \lambda \right) p &
   p & \overset{e}{\mapsto}
-  \left( 
+  \left(
   x^2 \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x} + \frac{1 + \lambda}{2} x
   \right) p,
 \end{align*}
@@ -444,21 +444,20 @@ so we can see \((\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}])_{2 k + \frac{\lambda}{2}} = K
 x^k\) for all \(k \in \mathbb{Z}\) and \((\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}])_\mu =
 0\) for all other \(\mu \in \mathfrak{h}^*\).
 
-Hence \(\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}]\)
-is a degree \(1\) admissible \(\mathfrak{sl}_2(K)\)-module with
-\(\operatorname{supp} \varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}] = \frac{\lambda}{2} + 2
-\mathbb{Z}\). One can also quickly check that if \(\lambda \notin 1 + 2
-\mathbb{Z}\) then \(e\) and \(f\) act injectively in \(\varphi_\lambda K[x,
-x^{-1}]\), so that \(\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}]\) is irreducible. In
-particular, if \(\lambda, \mu \notin 1 + 2 \mathbb{Z}\) with \(\lambda \notin
-\mu + 2 \mathbb{Z}\) then \(\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}]\) and \(\varphi_\mu
-K[x, x^{-1}]\) are non-isomorphic irreducible cuspidal \(\mathfrak{sl}_2(K)\),
-since their supports differ.
-These cuspidal representations can be ``glued toghether'' in a \emph{monstrous
-concoction} by summing over \(\lambda \in K\), as in
+Hence \(\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}]\) is a degree \(1\) admissible
+\(\mathfrak{sl}_2(K)\)-module with \(\operatorname{supp} \varphi_\lambda K[x,
+x^{-1}] = \frac{\lambda}{2} + 2 \mathbb{Z}\). One can also quickly check that
+if \(\lambda \notin 1 + 2 \mathbb{Z}\) then \(e\) and \(f\) act injectively in
+\(\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}]\), so that \(\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}]\) is
+irreducible. In particular, if \(\lambda, \mu \notin 1 + 2 \mathbb{Z}\) with
+\(\lambda \notin \mu + 2 \mathbb{Z}\) then \(\varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}]\) and
+\(\varphi_\mu K[x, x^{-1}]\) are non-isomorphic irreducible cuspidal
+\(\mathfrak{sl}_2(K)\), since their supports differ. These cuspidal
+representations can be ``glued toghether'' in a \emph{monstrous concoction} by
+summing over \(\lambda \in K\), as in
 \[
   \mathcal{M}
-  = \bigoplus_{\lambda + 2 \mathbb{Z} \in \mfrac{K}{2 \mathbb{Z}}} 
+  = \bigoplus_{\lambda + 2 \mathbb{Z} \in \mfrac{K}{2 \mathbb{Z}}}
     \varphi_\lambda K[x, x^{-1}],
 \]
 
@@ -521,10 +520,9 @@ named \emph{coherent families}.
 % TODO: Point out this is equivalent to M being a simple object in the
 % category of coherent families
 \begin{definition}
-  A coherent family \(\mathcal{M}\) is called \emph{irreducible} if
-  \(\mathcal{M}_\lambda\) is a simple
-  \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})_0\)-module for some \(\lambda \in
-  \mathfrak{h}^*\).
+  A coherent family \(\mathcal{M}\) is called \emph{simple} if
+  \(\mathcal{M}_\lambda\) is a simple \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})_0\)-module
+  for some \(\lambda \in \mathfrak{h}^*\).
 \end{definition}
 
 \begin{definition}
@@ -769,7 +767,7 @@ named \emph{coherent families}.
 \end{proof}
 
 \begin{theorem}[Mathieu]
-  Let \(\mathcal{M}\) be an irreducible coherent family of degree \(d\) and
+  Let \(\mathcal{M}\) be a simple coherent family of degree \(d\) and
   \(\lambda \in \mathfrak{h}^*\). The following conditions are equivalent.
   \begin{enumerate}
     \item \(\mathcal{M}[\lambda]\) is irreducible.
@@ -796,7 +794,7 @@ named \emph{coherent families}.
   is a cuspidal representation, and its degree is bounded by \(d\). We claim
   \(\mathcal{M}[\lambda] = V\).
 
-  Since \(\mathcal{M}\) is irreducible and
+  Since \(\mathcal{M}\) is simple and
   \(\operatorname{supp}_{\operatorname{ess}} V\) is Zariski-dense, \(U = \{\mu
   \in \mathfrak{h}^* : \mathcal{M}_\mu \ \text{is a simple
   $\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})_0$-module}\}\) is a non-empty open set, and \(U
@@ -1116,7 +1114,7 @@ named \emph{coherent families}.
   \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\) of \(V\). More precisely, if \(\mathcal{M}\) is any
   coherent extension of \(V\), then \(\mathcal{M}^{\operatorname{ss}} \cong
   \operatorname{Ext}(V)\). Furthermore, \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\) is
-  irreducible as a coherent family.
+  a simple coherent family.
 \end{theorem}
 
 \begin{proof}
@@ -1124,11 +1122,11 @@ named \emph{coherent families}.
   to fix some coherent extension \(\mathcal{M}\) of \(V\) and take
   \(\operatorname{Ext}(V) = \mathcal{M}^{\operatorname{ss}}\).
 
-  To see that \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\) is irreducible as a coherent family,
-  recall from corollary~\ref{thm:admissible-is-submod-of-extension} that \(V\)
-  is a subrepresentation of \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\). Since the degree of
-  \(V\) is the same as the degree of \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\), some of its
-  weight spaces have maximal dimension inside of \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\). In
+  To see that \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\) is simple, recall from
+  corollary~\ref{thm:admissible-is-submod-of-extension} that \(V\) is a
+  subrepresentation of \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\). Since the degree of \(V\) is
+  the same as the degree of \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\), some of its weight
+  spaces have maximal dimension inside of \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\). In
   particular, it follows from proposition~\ref{thm:centralizer-multiplicity}
   that \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)_\lambda = V_\lambda\) is a simple
   \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})_0\)-module for some \(\lambda \in