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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Pablo <pablo-escobar@riseup.net >
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Fri, 13 Jan 2023 01:32:31 +0000
Extracted a result to a couple of examples
Extracted the result on the fact that all finite-dimensional irreducible representations of the direct sum are tensor products o irreducible representations of each factor to a separate example
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diff --git a/sections/mathieu.tex b/sections/mathieu.tex
@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ to the case it holds. This brings us to the following definition.
\left(\mfrac{M}{N}\right)_\lambda\) is surjective.
\end{example}
+\begin{example}\label{thm:simple-weight-mod-is-tensor-prod}
+ Let \(\mathfrak{g} = \mathfrak{z} \oplus \mathfrak{s}_1 \oplus \cdots \oplus
+ \mathfrak{s}_r\) be a reductive Lie algebra, where \(\mathfrak{z}\) is the
+ center of \(\mathfrak{g}\) and \(\mathfrak{s}_1, \ldots, \mathfrak{s}_r\) are
+ its simple components. As in
+ Example~\ref{ex:all-simple-reps-are-tensor-prod}, any simple weight
+ \(\mathfrak{g}\)-module \(M\) can be decomposed as
+ \[
+ M \cong Z \otimes M_1 \otimes \cdots \otimes M_r
+ \]
+ where \(Z\) is a \(1\)-dimensional representation of \(\mathfrak{z}\) and
+ \(M_i\) is a simple weight \(\mathfrak{s}_i\)-module.
+\end{example}
+
A particularly well behaved class of examples are the so called
\emph{admissible} weight modules.
@@ -1409,22 +1423,12 @@ coherent \(\mathfrak{g}\)-families themselves, which is the subject of sections
We unfortunately do not have the necessary space to discuss these results in
detail, but we will now provide a brief overview.
-First and foremost, the problem of classifying \(\mathfrak{g}\)-family can be
-reduced to that of classifying only \(\mathfrak{sl}_n(K)\)-families and
-coherent \(\mathfrak{sp}_{2 n}(K)\)-families. This is because of the following
-results.
-
-\begin{proposition}
- If \(\mathfrak{g} = \mathfrak{z} \oplus \mathfrak{s}_1 \oplus \cdots \oplus
- \mathfrak{s}_r\), where \(\mathfrak{z}\) is the center of \(\mathfrak{g}\)
- and \(\mathfrak{s}_1, \ldots, \mathfrak{s}_r\) are its simple components,
- then any simple weight \(\mathfrak{g}\)-module \(M\) can be decomposed as
- \[
- M \cong Z \boxtimes M_1 \boxtimes \cdots \boxtimes M_r
- \]
- where \(Z\) is a \(1\)-dimensional representation of \(\mathfrak{z}\) and
- \(M_i\) is an irreducible weight \(\mathfrak{s}_i\)-module.
-\end{proposition}
+First and foremost, notice that because of
+Example~\ref{thm:simple-weight-mod-is-tensor-prod} the problem of classifying
+the simple weight \(\mathfrak{g}\)-modules can be reduced to that of
+classifying the simple weight modules of its simple components. In addition, it
+turns out that very few simple Lie algebras admit cuspidal modules at all.
+Specifically\dots
\begin{proposition}[Fernando]\label{thm:only-sl-n-sp-have-cuspidal}
Let \(\mathfrak{s}\) be a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra. Suppose
@@ -1432,18 +1436,7 @@ results.
\cong \mathfrak{sl}_n(K)\) or \(\mathfrak{s} \cong \mathfrak{sp}_{2 n}(K)\).
\end{proposition}
-We have previously seen that the representations of Abelian Lie algebras,
-particularly the \(1\)-dimensional ones, are well understood. Hence to classify
-the simple modules of an arbitrary reductive algebra it suffices to classify
-those of its simple components. To classify these module we can apply
-Fernando's results and reduce the problem to constructing the cuspidal modules
-of the simple Lie algebras. But by
-Proposition~\ref{thm:only-sl-n-sp-have-cuspidal} only \(\mathfrak{sl}_n(K)\)
-and \(\mathfrak{sp}_{2 n}(K)\) admit cuspidal modules, so it suffices to
-consider these two cases.
-
-Finally, we apply Mathieu's results to further reduce the problem to that of
-classifying the irreducible semisimple coherent families of
+Hence it suffices to classify the irreducible semisimple coherent families of
\(\mathfrak{sl}_n(K)\) and \(\mathfrak{sp}_{2 n}(K)\). These can be described
either algebraically, using combinatorial invariants -- which Mathieu does in
sections 7, 8 and 9 of his paper -- or geometrically, using algebraic varieties