Polynomial functions of the odd orthogonal group

DOI10.1016/0021-8693(83)90148-5MaRDI QIDQ1059152zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. W. Wetherilt

Publication date 1983

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8693(83)90148-5

zbMATH Keywords

big cellBruhat decompositiongeneratorsorthogonal grouppolynomial functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations and polynomials in algebraic structures, primal algebras (08A40) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15)

Review text

Let K be an infinite field of characteristic \(\neq 2\), and let n be odd. The main goal of this paper is a description of the kernel J of the restriction map from the polynomial functions on \(G=GL(n,K)\) to the polynomial functions \((=\) full affine algebra) of the orthogonal group \(\Gamma =\{g\in G:\) \(g^{\top}Yg=Y\}\), where Y has 1's on the reverse diagonal and 0's elsewhere. The author obtains explicit generators for J, thereby generalizing a classical characteristic 0 result of H. Weyl originally derived in the framework of invariant theory. Here the arguments rely heavily on comparisons with functions on the big cell of G or \(\Gamma\) in the Bruhat decomposition. One complication is the disconnectedness of \(\Gamma\).

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