On the Dynkin index of a principal sl₂-subalgebra

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2009.01.015MaRDI QIDQ1019752zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dmitri I. Panyushev

Publication date 28 May 2009

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0398

zbMATH Keywords

simple Lie algebraDynkin indexFreudenthal's strange formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple, semisimple, reductive (super)algebras (17B20)

Abstract: Let $g$ be a simple Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. The goal of this note is to prove a closed formula for the Dynkin index of a principal $s{l}_2$-subalgebra of $g$. The key step in the proof uses the "strange formula" of Freudenthal--de Vries. As an application, we (1) compute the Dynkin index any simple $g$-module regarded as $s{l}_2$-module and (2) obtain an identity connecting the exponents of $g$ and the dual Coxeter numbers of both $g$ and the Langlands dual $g^{v}ee$.

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