Hitchin's conjecture for simply-laced Lie algebras implies that for any simple Lie algebra

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2014.01.004MaRDI QIDQ2350997zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Nathaniel Bushek, Shrawan Kumar

Publication date 26 June 2015

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.5313

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple, semisimple, reductive (super)algebras (17B20) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Cohomology theory for linear algebraic groups (20G10)

Abstract: Let $g$ be any simple Lie algebra over $mathbbC$. Recall that there exists an embedding of $mathfrak{sl}_2$ into $g$, called a principal TDS, passing through a principal nilpotent element of $g$ and uniquely determined up to conjugation. Moreover, $wedge(g^{\ast }{)}^g$ is freely generated (in the super-graded sense) by primitive elements $omeg{a}_1,dots,omeg{a}_{e}ll$, where $ell$ is the rank of $g$. N. Hitchin conjectured that for any primitive element $omegainwedg{e}^d(g^{\ast }{)}^g$, there exists an irreducible $mathfrak{sl}_2$-submodule $V_{o}megasubsetg$ of dimension $d$ such that $omega$ is non-zero on the line $wedg{e}^d(V_{o}mega)$. We prove that the validity of this conjecture for simple simply-laced Lie algebras implies its validity for any simple Lie algebra. Let G be a connected, simply-connected, simple, simply-laced algebraic group and let $sigma$ be a diagram automorphism of G with fixed subgroup K. Then, we show that the restriction map R(G) o R(K) is surjective, where R denotes the representation ring over $mathbbZ$. As a corollary, we show that the restriction map in the singular cohomology H^*(G) o H^*(K) is surjective. Our proof of the reduction of Hitchin's conjecture to the simply-laced case relies on this cohomological surjectivity.

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