Commuting involutions and degenerations of isotropy representations

DOI10.1007/S00031-013-9224-YzbMATH Open1317.17022arXiv1104.5472OpenAlexW1970588385MaRDI QIDQ2377152FDOQ2377152

Authors: Dmitri I. Panyushev 

Publication date: 28 June 2013

Published in: Transformation Groups (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $sigm{a}_1$ and $sigm{a}_2$ be commuting involutions of a semisimple algebraic group $G$. This yields a $Z_{2}imes{Z}_2$-grading of $g=Lie(G)$, $$, and we study invariant-theoretic aspects of this decomposition. Let $g<sigm{a}_1>$ be the $Z_2$-contraction of $g$ determined by $sigm{a}_1$. Then both $sigm{a}_2$ and $sigm{a}_3:=sigm{a}_{1}sigm{a}_2$ remain involutions of the non-reductive Lie algebra $g<sigm{a}_1>$. The isotropy representations related to $(g<sigm{a}_1>,sigm{a}_2)$ and $(g<sigm{a}_1>,sigm{a}_3)$ are degenerations of the isotropy representations related to $(g,sigm{a}_2)$ and $(g,sigm{a}_3)$, respectively. We show that these degenerated isotropy representations retain many good properties. For instance, they always have a generic stabiliser and their algebras of invariants are often polynomial. We also develop some theory on Cartan subspaces for various $Z_2$-gradings associated with the $Z_{2}imes{Z}_2$-grading of $g$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.5472

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lie algebras of linear algebraic groups (17B45)

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