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Added references to the discussion on Lie algebra cohomology on "Symplectic techniques in physics"
Source code for my notes on representations of semisimple Lie algebras and Olivier Mathieu's classification of simple weight modules
Added references to the discussion on Lie algebra cohomology on "Symplectic techniques in physics"
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Modified | references.bib | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Modified | sections/semisimple-algebras.tex | 21 | 11 | 10 |
diff --git a/references.bib b/references.bib @@ -192,3 +192,11 @@ year={2022}, url={https://perso.pages.math.cnrs.fr/users/gabriel.ribeiro/assets/files/main.pdf} } + +@book{symplectic-physics, + title = {Symplectic techniques in physics}, + author = {Victor Guillemin, Shlomo Sternberg}, + publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, + year = {1984}, + edition = {First Edition}, +}
diff --git a/sections/semisimple-algebras.tex b/sections/semisimple-algebras.tex @@ -401,14 +401,15 @@ can computed very concretely by considering a canonical acyclic resolution \end{tikzcd} \end{center} of the trivial representation \(K\), which provides an explicit construction of -the cohomology groups -- see \cite[sec. 9]{lie-groups-serganova-student} for -further details. We will use the previous result implicitly in our proof, but -we will not prove it in its full force. Namely, we will show that -\(H^1(\mathfrak{g}, V) = 0\) for all finite-dimensional \(V\), and that the -fact that \(H^1(\mathfrak{g}, \operatorname{Hom}(W, U)) = 0\) for all -finite-dimensional \(W\) and \(U\) implies complete reducibility. To that end, -we introduce a distinguished element of \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\), known as -\emph{the Casimir element of a representation}. +the cohomology groups -- see \cite[sec.~9]{lie-groups-serganova-student} or +\cite[sec.~24]{symplectic-physics} for further details. We will use the +previous result implicitly in our proof, but we will not prove it in its full +force. Namely, we will show that \(H^1(\mathfrak{g}, V) = 0\) for all +finite-dimensional \(V\), and that the fact that \(H^1(\mathfrak{g}, +\operatorname{Hom}(W, U)) = 0\) for all finite-dimensional \(W\) and \(U\) +implies complete reducibility. To that end, we introduce a distinguished +element of \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{g})\), known as \emph{the Casimir element of +a representation}. \begin{definition}\label{def:casimir-element} Let \(V\) be a finite-dimensional representation of \(\mathfrak{g}\). @@ -699,8 +700,8 @@ non-trivial finite-dimensional irreducible \(V\), \(i > 0\). For \(K = \mathbb{C}\), the Lie algebra cohomology groups of an algebra \(\mathfrak{g} = \mathbb{C} \otimes \operatorname{Lie}(G)\) are intimately related with the topological cohomologies -- i.e. singular cohomology, de Rham cohomology, etc. --- of \(G\). We refer the reader to \cite{cohomologies-lie} for further -details. +-- of \(G\). We refer the reader to \cite{cohomologies-lie} and +\cite[sec.~24]{symplectic-physics} for further details. Complete reducibility can be generalized for arbitrary -- not necessarily semisimple -- \(\mathfrak{g}\), to a certain extent, by considering the exact