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- 16983579c523d36da72edbc1738d313d12072e90
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- Pablo <pablo-escobar@riseup.net>
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Added a small clarification in a proof
Source code for my notes on representations of semisimple Lie algebras and Olivier Mathieu's classification of simple weight modules
Added a small clarification in a proof
1 file changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
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Modified | sections/semisimple-algebras.tex | 16 | 8 | 8 |
diff --git a/sections/semisimple-algebras.tex b/sections/semisimple-algebras.tex @@ -748,12 +748,11 @@ Moreover, we find\dots \(M(\lambda)\) have the form \(\mu = \lambda + k_1 \cdot \alpha_1 + \cdots + k_n \cdot \alpha_n\). - % TODO: Note that PBW implies U(g) is a free b-module This already gives us that the weights of \(M(\lambda)\) are bounded by - \(\lambda\) -- in the sense that no weight of \(M(\lambda)\) is ``higher'' - than \(\lambda\). To see that \(\lambda\) is indeed a weight, we show that + \(\lambda\). To see that \(\lambda\) is indeed a weight, we show that \(v^+\) is nonzero weight vector. Clearly \(v^+ \in V_\lambda\). The - Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem implies + Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem implies \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\) is a + free \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{b})\)-module, so that \[ M(\lambda) \cong \left(\bigoplus_i \mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{b}) \right) @@ -763,10 +762,11 @@ Moreover, we find\dots \cong \bigoplus_i K v^+ \ne 0 \] - as \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{b})\)-modules, so \(v^+ \ne 0\) -- for if this was - not the case we would find \(M(\lambda) = \mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g}) \cdot v^+ - = 0\). Hence \(V_\lambda \ne 0\) and therefore \(\lambda\) is the highest - weight of \(M(\lambda)\), with highest weight vector \(v^+\). + as \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{b})\)-modules. We then conclude \(v^+ \ne 0\) in + \(M(\lambda)\), for if this was not the case we would find \(M(\lambda) = + \mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g}) \cdot v^+ = 0\). Hence \(V_\lambda \ne 0\) and + therefore \(\lambda\) is the highest weight of \(M(\lambda)\), with highest + weight vector \(v^+\). To see that \(\dim M(\lambda)_\mu < \infty\), simply note that there are only finitely many monomials \(F_{\alpha_1}^{k_1} F_{\alpha_2}^{k_2} \cdots