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- Pablo <pablo-escobar@riseup.net>
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Corrigidos alguns pecados latéticos
Source code for my notes on representations of semisimple Lie algebras and Olivier Mathieu's classification of simple weight modules
Corrigidos alguns pecados latéticos
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diff --git a/sections/semisimple-algebras.tex b/sections/semisimple-algebras.tex @@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ define what a semisimple Lie algebra is. Perhaps the most common definition is\dots \begin{definition}\label{thm:sesimple-algebra} - A Lie algebra \(\mathfrak g\) over \(K\) is called \emph{semisimple} if it - has no non-zero solvable ideals -- i.e. ideals \(\mathfrak a \subset - \mathfrak g\) whose derived series + A Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\) over \(K\) is called \emph{semisimple} if it + has no non-zero solvable ideals -- i.e. ideals \(\mathfrak{a} \subset + \mathfrak{g}\) whose derived series \[ - \mathfrak a - \supseteq [\mathfrak a, \mathfrak a] - \supseteq [[\mathfrak a, \mathfrak a], [\mathfrak a, \mathfrak a]] + \mathfrak{a} + \supseteq [\mathfrak{a}, \mathfrak{a}] + \supseteq [[\mathfrak{a}, \mathfrak{a}], [\mathfrak{a}, \mathfrak{a}]] \supseteq [ - [[\mathfrak a, \mathfrak a], [\mathfrak a, \mathfrak a]], - [[\mathfrak a, \mathfrak a], [\mathfrak a, \mathfrak a]] + [[\mathfrak{a}, \mathfrak{a}], [\mathfrak{a}, \mathfrak{a}]], + [[\mathfrak{a}, \mathfrak{a}], [\mathfrak{a}, \mathfrak{a}]] ] \supseteq \cdots \] @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ is\dots A popular alternative to definition~\ref{thm:sesimple-algebra} is\dots \begin{definition}\label{def:semisimple-is-direct-sum} - A Lie algebra \(\mathfrak s\) over \(K\) is called \emph{simple} if its only - ideals are \(0\) and \(\mathfrak{s}\). A Lie algebra \(\mathfrak g\) is + A Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{s}\) over \(K\) is called \emph{simple} if its only + ideals are \(0\) and \(\mathfrak{s}\). A Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\) is called \emph{semisimple} if it is the direct sum of simple Lie algebras. \end{definition} @@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ We are particularly interested in the proof that \textbf{(i)} implies finite-dimensional representation of a semisimple Lie algebra is \emph{completely reducible}. -This is because if every finite-dimensional representation of \(\mathfrak g\) +This is because if every finite-dimensional representation of \(\mathfrak{g}\) is completely reducible, the equivalence between \textbf{(ii)} and \textbf{(v)} implies a classification of the finite-dimensional irreducible representations -of \(\mathfrak g\) leads to a classification of \emph{all} finite-dimensional +of \(\mathfrak{g}\) leads to a classification of \emph{all} finite-dimensional representation of \(\mathfrak{g}\) -- it suffices to take direct sums of the already classifyed irreducible modules. This leads us to the third restriction we will impose: for now, we will focus our attention exclusively on @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ handy later on, is\dots % Maybe add it only after the statement about the non-degeneracy of the % restriction of the form to the Cartan subalgebra? \begin{proposition} - If \(\mathfrak g\) is semisimple then its Killing form \(B\) is + If \(\mathfrak{g}\) is semisimple then its Killing form \(B\) is non-degenerate -- i.e. if \(X \in \mathfrak{g}\) is such that \(B(X, Y)\) for all \(Y \in \mathfrak{g}\) then \(X = 0\). \end{proposition} @@ -321,25 +321,25 @@ sequence \begin{center} \begin{tikzcd} 0 \arrow{r} & - \operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak g) \arrow{r} & - \mathfrak g \arrow{r} & - \mfrac{\mathfrak g}{\operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak g)} \arrow{r} & + \operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak{g}) \arrow{r} & + \mathfrak{g} \arrow{r} & + \mfrac{\mathfrak{g}}{\operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak{g})} \arrow{r} & 0 \end{tikzcd} \end{center} -where \(\operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak g)\) is the sum of all solvable ideals of -\(\mathfrak g\) -- i.e. a maximal solvable ideal -- for arbitrary \(\mathfrak -g\). This implies we can deduce information about the representations of -\(\mathfrak g\) by studying those of its semisimple part \(\mfrac{\mathfrak -g}{\operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak g)}\). In practice though, this isn't quite -satisfactory because the exactness of this last sequence translates to the -underwhelming\dots +where \(\operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak{g})\) is the sum of all solvable ideals of +\(\mathfrak{g}\) -- i.e. a maximal solvable ideal -- for arbitrary +\(\mathfrak{g}\). This implies we can deduce information about the +representations of \(\mathfrak{g}\) by studying those of its semisimple part +\(\mfrac{\mathfrak{g}}{\operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak{g})}\). In practice though, +this isn't quite satisfactory because the exactness of this last sequence +translates to the underwhelming\dots \begin{theorem}\label{thm:semi-simple-part-decomposition} - Every irreducible representation of \(\mathfrak g\) is the tensor product of - an irreducible representation of its semisimple part \(\mfrac{\mathfrak - g}{\operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak g)}\) and a one-dimensional representation of - \(\mathfrak g\). + Every irreducible representation of \(\mathfrak{g}\) is the tensor product of + an irreducible representation of its semisimple part + \(\mfrac{\mathfrak{g}}{\operatorname{Rad}(\mathfrak{g})}\) and a + one-dimensional representation of \(\mathfrak{g}\). \end{theorem} \section{Representations of \(\mathfrak{sl}_2(K)\)} @@ -667,7 +667,8 @@ corresponds to the subalgebra \(\mathfrak{h}\), and the eigenvalues of \(h\) in turn correspond to linear functions \(\lambda : \mathfrak{h} \to k\) such that \(H v = \lambda(H) \cdot v\) for each \(H \in \mathfrak{h}\) and some non-zero \(v \in V\). We call such functionals \(\lambda\) \emph{eigenvalues of -\(\mathfrak{h}\)}, and we say \emph{\(v\) is an eigenvector of \(\mathfrak{h}\)}. +\(\mathfrak{h}\)}, and we say \emph{\(v\) is an eigenvector of +\(\mathfrak{h}\)}. Once again, we'll pay special attention to the eigenvalue decomposition \begin{equation}\label{eq:weight-module} @@ -1042,10 +1043,10 @@ In general, given a weight \(\mu\), the space \bigoplus_k V_{\mu + k (\alpha_i - \alpha_j)} \] is invariant under the action of the subalgebra \(\mathfrak{s}_{\alpha_i - -\alpha_j} = K \langle E_{i j}, E_{j i}, [E_{i j}, E_{j i}] \rangle\), which -is once more isomorphic to \(\mathfrak{sl}_2(K)\), and again the weight spaces in this -string match precisely the eigenvalues of \(h\). Needless to say, we could keep -applying this method to the weights at the ends of our string, arriving at +\alpha_j} = K \langle E_{i j}, E_{j i}, [E_{i j}, E_{j i}] \rangle\), which is +once more isomorphic to \(\mathfrak{sl}_2(K)\), and again the weight spaces in +this string match precisely the eigenvalues of \(h\). Needless to say, we could +keep applying this method to the weights at the ends of our string, arriving at \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture} \AutoSizeWeightLatticefalse