Casimir operators and monodromy representations of generalised braid groups

DOI10.1007/S00031-005-1008-6MaRDI QIDQ2507537zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John Millson, Valerio Toledano Laredo

Publication date 11 October 2006

Published in Transformation Groups (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0305062

zbMATH Keywords

Braid groupsCasimir operatorsMonodromy representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36)

Abstract: Let g be a complex, simple Lie algebra with Cartan subalgebra h and Weyl group W. We construct a one-parameter family of flat connections D on h with values in any finite-dimensional h-module V and simple poles on the root hyperplanes. The corresponding monodromy representation of the braid group B of type g is a deformation of the action of (a finite extension of) W on V. The residues of D are the Casimirs of the sl(2)-subalgebras of g corresponding to its roots. The irreducibility of a subspace U of V under these implies that, for generic values of the parameter, the braid group B acts irreducibly on U. Answering a question of Knutson and Procesi, we show that these Casimirs act irreducibly on the weight spaces of all simple g-modules if g is sl(3) but that this is not the case if g is not isomorphic to sl(2) or sl(3). We use this to disprove a conjecture of Kwon and Lusztig stating the irreducibility of quantum Weyl group actions of Artin's braid group B_n on the zero weight spaces of all simple U_{q}sl(n)-modules for n greater or equal to 4. Finally, we study the irreducibility of the action of the Casimirs on the zero weight spaces of self-dual g-modules and obtain complete classification results for g=sl(n) or g(2).

Review text

Let \(\mathfrak g\) be a complex simple Lie algebra with Cartan subalgebra \(\mathfrak h\) and Weyl group \(W\). In this paper the authors constructed a one-parameter family of flat connections \(\nabla_{\kappa}\) on \(\mathfrak h\) with values in any finite-dimensional \(\mathfrak g\)-module \(V\) and simple poles on the root hyperplanes. The corresponding monodromy representation of the braid group \(B_{\mathfrak g}\) of type \(\mathfrak g\) is a deformation of the action of \(W\) on \(V\). The residues of \(\nabla_{\kappa}\) are the Casimirs \(\kappa_{\alpha}\) of the subalgebras \({\mathfrak {sl}}_2^{\alpha}\subset \mathfrak g\) corresponding to the roots of \(\mathfrak g\). The irreducibility of a subspace \(U \subseteq V\) under the \(\kappa_{\alpha}\) implies that, for generic values of the parameter, the braid group \(B_{\mathfrak g}\) acts irreducibly on \(U\). They showed that these Casimirs act irreducibly on the weight spaces of all simple \(\mathfrak g\)-modules if \({\mathfrak {g=sl}}_3\) but that this is not the case if \({\mathfrak {g}}\ncong {\mathfrak{sl}}_2, {\mathfrak{sl}}_3\), which answered a question of Knutson and Procesi. Using this result, they disprove a conjecture of Kwon and Lusztig stating the irreducibility of quantum Weyl group actions of Artin's braid group \(B_n\) on the zero-weight spaces of all simple \(U_{\mathfrak h}{\mathfrak {sl}}_n\)-modules for \(n\geq4\). Finally, they studied the irreducibility of the action of the Casimirs on the zero-weight spaces of self-dual \(\mathfrak g\)-modules and obtained complete classification results for \({\mathfrak g}={\mathfrak {sl}}_n\) and \(\mathfrak g_2\).

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