Regular functions on spherical nilpotent orbits in complex symmetric pairs: classical Hermitian cases (Q778839)

Given a connected semisimple complex algebraic group \(G\) and a symmetric pair \((G,K)\) of Hermitian type, the authors study the closures of the spherical nilpotent \(K\)-orbits in the isotropy representation of \(K\). \(K\) is the fixed point subgroup of an algebraic involution \(\theta\) of \(G\). The Lie algebra \(G\) splits into the sum of eigenspaces of \(\theta\), \(g = k \oplus p\), where the Lie algebra \(k\) of \(K\) is the eigenspace of eigenvalue \(1\), and \(p\) is the eigenspace of eigenvalue \(-1\). The latter is called the isotropy representation of \(K\). The authors show that when \(G\) is a classic group all such orbit closures are normal and they describe the \(K\)-module structure of their ring of regular functions. The spherical nilpotent \(K\)-orbits in \(p\) has been classified in [\textit{D. R. King}, J. Lie Theory 14, No. 2, 339--370 (2004; Zbl 1057.22020)]. This paper continues the study initiated in [\textit{P. Bravi} et al., Kyoto J. Math. 57, No. 4, 717--787 (2017; Zbl 1402.14068)] while the exceptional cases are treated in [\textit{P. Bravi} and \textit{J. Gandini}, Kyoto J. Math. 60, No. 3, 1051--1096 (2020; Zbl 1460.14115)].