On simply laced Lie algebras and their minuscule representations (Q5954620)

The author works with semisimple Lie algebras over \(\mathbb{Z}\) and their minuscule representations connecting the root lattices for exceptional simple Lie algebras to del Pezzo surfaces. In particular, it is proven that the Lie algebra \(E_6\) has an invariant cubic polynomial of 27 variables that could be defined as follows. Let \(S\) be a cyclic 3-fold cover of \(\mathbb{P}^2\) branched over a smooth cubic curve. Introduce a variable \(Y_\ell\) for each of 27 lines of \(S\), and for each tritangent plane \(P\) let \(Y_p=\pi Y_\ell\) for \(\ell\leq P\). Then \(\Theta= \sum_x Y_{P(x)}-\sum_{P'} Y_{P'}.\)NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe first sum is taken over all flex points \(x\) of the branch locus and the second over the remaining 36 tritangent planes \((P(x)\) is the Eckard plane corresponding to the flex point). Some other invariant tensors for minuscule representations of \(E_6\) and \(E_7\) are computed.