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Added a conclusion to the chapter on Mathieu's work
Source code for my notes on representations of semisimple Lie algebras and Olivier Mathieu's classification of simple weight modules
Added a conclusion to the chapter on Mathieu's work
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diff --git a/sections/mathieu.tex b/sections/mathieu.tex @@ -327,20 +327,6 @@ characterizations of cuspidal modules. \(\mathfrak{sl}_2(K)\). \end{example} -%% TODO: Move this to the section where we discuss the classification of -%% coherent families -%\begin{proposition} -% If \(\mathfrak{g} = \mathfrak{z} \oplus \mathfrak{s}_1 \oplus \cdots \oplus -% \mathfrak{s}_n\), where \(\mathfrak{z}\) is the center of \(\mathfrak{g}\) -% and \(\mathfrak{s}_i\) is a simple component of \(\mathfrak{g}\), then any -% irreducible weight \(\mathfrak{g}\)-module \(V\) decomposes as -% \[ -% V = Z \otimes V_1 \otimes \cdots \otimes V_n -% \] -% where \(Z\) is a 1-dimensional representation of \(\mathfrak{z}\) and \(V_i\) -% is an irreducible weight \(\mathfrak{s}_i\)-module. -%\end{proposition} - Having reduced our classification problem to that o classifying irreducible cuspidal representations, we are now faced the dauting task of actually classifying them. Historically, this was first achieved by Olivier Mathieu in @@ -1404,4 +1390,65 @@ Lo and behold\dots % \(\operatorname{Ext}(V)\) are all the same. %\end{proposition} -% TODOO: Write a conclusion +We have thus concluded our classification of cuspidal representations in terms +of coherent families. Of course, to get an explicit construction of all +irreducible \(\mathfrak{g}\)-modules we would have to classify the simple +completely reducible coherent \(\mathfrak{g}\)-families themselves, which is +the subject of sections 7, 8 and 9 of \cite{mathieu}. In addition, in sections +11 and 12 of \cite{mathieu} Mathieu provides an explicit construction of +coherent families. We unfortunately do not have the necessary space to discuss +these results in detail, but we will now provide a brief overview. + +First and formost, the problem of classifying the coherent +\(\mathfrak{g}\)-family can be reduced to that of classifying only the coherent +\(\mathfrak{sl}_n(K)\)-families and coherent \(\mathfrak{sp}_{2 +n}(K)\)-families. This is because of the following results. + +% TODO: Define V boxtimes W +\begin{proposition} + If \(\mathfrak{g} = \mathfrak{z} \oplus \mathfrak{s}_1 \oplus \cdots \oplus + \mathfrak{s}_n\), where \(\mathfrak{z}\) is the center of \(\mathfrak{g}\) + and \(\mathfrak{s}_i\) is a simple component of \(\mathfrak{g}\), then any + irreducible weight \(\mathfrak{g}\)-module \(V\) can be decomposed as + \[ + V \cong Z \boxtimes V_1 \boxtimes \cdots \boxtimes V_n + \] + where \(Z\) is a 1-dimensional representation of \(\mathfrak{z}\) and \(V_i\) + is an irreducible weight \(\mathfrak{s}_i\)-module. +\end{proposition} + +\begin{proposition}[Fernando]\label{thm:only-sl-n-sp-have-cuspidal} + Let \(\mathfrak{s}\) be a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra. Suppose + there exists an irreducible cuspidal \(\mathfrak{s}\)-module. Then + \(\mathfrak{s} \cong \mathfrak{sl}_n(K)\) or \(\mathfrak{s} \cong + \mathfrak{sp}_{2 n}(K)\). +\end{proposition} + +We've previously seen that the representation of Abelian Lie algebras are well +understood, so to classify the irreducible representations of an arbitrary +reductive algebra it suffices to classify those of its simple components. To +classify these representations we can apply Fernando's results and reduce the +problem to constructing the cuspidal representation 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 +representation, so it suffices to consider these two cases. + +Finally, we apply Mathieu's results to further reduce the problem to that of +classifying the simple completely reducible coherent families of +\(\mathfrak{sl}_n(K)\) and \(\mathfrak{sp}_{2 n}(K)\). These can be described +either algebraicaly, using combinatorial invariants -- which Mathieu does in +sections 7, 8 and 9 of his paper -- or geometricaly, using affine algebraic +varieties -- which is done in sections 11 and 12. While rather complicated on +its own, the geometric construction is more concrete than its combinatorial +counterpart. + +This construction also brings us full circle to the beggining of these notes, +where we saw in proposition~\ref{thm:geometric-realization-of-uni-env} that +\(\mathfrak{g}\)-modules may be understood as geometric objects. In fact, +throughout our journey we have seen a tremendous number of geometrically +motivated examples, which further emphasizes the connection between +representation theory and geometry. I would personally go as far as saying that +the beutiful interplay between the algebraic and the geometric is precisely +what makes representation theory such a charming subject. + +% TODO: Falar uma frase de efeito!