On the centralizer of the sum of commuting nilpotent elements. (Q2491737)

The main result of this paper answers a question of Pevtsova. The result is Theorem 21: Let \(X,Y\) be commuting nilpotent elements in \(M_n(k)\) and let \(A=X+tY\) with \(t\) an indeterminate. If \(k\) has characteristic \(p>0\), assume that \(A^{p-1}=0\). Then \(X,Y\in\text{Lie\,}R_uC\) where \(C\) is the centralizer of \(A\) in \(\text{GL}(n,k)\). Moreover, for an open subvariety of pairs \((a,b)\), \(X,Y\in\text{Lie\,}R_uC_{a,b}\), where \(C_{a,b}\) is the centralizer of \(aX+bY\) in \(\text{GL}(n,k)\). Some analogs are proved for other simple algebraic groups.