Demazure character formula in arbitrary Kac-Moody setting (Q1097323)

Let \(\mathfrak g\) be an arbitrary (not necessarily symmetrizable) Kac-Moody Lie algebra with a Cartan subalgebra \(\mathfrak h\), associated group \(G\), Borel subgroup \(B\), maximal torus \(T\) corresponding to \(\mathfrak h\), and Weyl group \(W\). For any \(w\in W\) let \(X_ w\) denote the corresponding Schubert variety in \(G/B\). The author proves in this general setting many properties of Schubert varieties known to hold in the finite case. Among other things he proves that \(X_ w\) is a normal Cohen-Macaulay variety, constructs an explicit rational resolution of \(X_ w\) and proves the Demazure character formula. The method used in the paper seems to give a new proof even in the finite case. In particular it does no rely on any characteristic \(p\) approach. As a consequence the author gets the Weyl-Kac character formula and the denominator formula for arbitrary Kac-Moody algebras.