Unipotent elements and generalized exponential maps

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2018.05.015zbMATH Open1405.20041arXiv1708.04153OpenAlexW2964047154WikidataQ115598714 ScholiaQ115598714MaRDI QIDQ1649340FDOQ1649340

Paul Sobaje

Publication date: 5 July 2018

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a simple and simply connected algebraic group over an algebraically closed field $Bbbk$ of characteristic $p>0$. Assume that $p$ is good for the root system of $G$ and that the covering map $G_{sc}ightarrowG$ is separable. In previous work we proved the existence of a (not necessarily unique) Springer isomorphism for $G$ that behaved like the exponential map on the resticted nullcone of $G$. In the present paper we give a formal definition of these maps, which we call `generalized exponential maps.' We provide an explicit and uniform construction of such maps for all root systems, demonstrate their existence over $mathbb{Z}_{(p)}$, and give a complete parameterization of all such maps. One application is that this gives a uniform approach to dealing with the "saturation problem" for a unipotent element $u$ in $G$, providing a new proof of the known result that $u$ lies inside a subgroup of $C_G(u)$ that is isomorphic to a truncated Witt group. We also develop a number of other explicit and new computations for $mathfrakg$ and for $G$. This paper grew out of an attempt to answer a series of questions posed to us by P. Deligne, who also contributed several of the new ideas that appear here.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.04153

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic \(p\)exponential mapunipotent elementssaturation problemSpringer isomorphismgeneralized exponential map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Formal groups, (p)-divisible groups (14L05) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Structure theory for linear algebraic groups (20G07)

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