Generic stabilizers for simple algebraic groups

Abstract: We prove a myriad of results related to the stabilizer in an algebraic group

G

of a generic vector in a representation

V

of

G

over an algebraically closed field

k

. Our results are on the level of group schemes, which carries more information than considering both the Lie algebra of

G

and the group

G (k)

of

k

-points. For

G

simple and

V

faithful and irreducible, we prove the existence of a stabilizer in general position, sometimes called a principal orbit type. We determine those

G

and

V

for which the stabilizer in general position is smooth, or

d i m V / G < d i m G

, or there is a

v i n V

whose stabilizer in

G

is trivial.

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