Provarieties and observable subgroups of pro-affine algebraic groups

DOI10.1515/JGTH.2001.040MaRDI QIDQ2776801zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andy R. Magid, Nazih Nahlus

Publication date 26 September 2002

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1515/jgth.2001.040

zbMATH Keywords

observable subgroupspro-affine algebraic groupsprovarietiesquasi-affine varietiesrational modules

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group varieties (14L10) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15)

Review text

Given an affine algebraic group \(G\) (over an algebraically closed field \(k\)), a closed subgroup \(H\) of \(G\) is said to be `observable' if every rational \(H\)-module occurs as an \(H\)-submodule of a rational \(G\)-module. Investigations have led to a number of equivalent conditions under which \(H\) is observable. The authors are interested in studying this question for a pro-affine algebraic group \(G\) and algebraic subgroup \(H\). The main result of the paper is the identification of a set of representation-theoretic and geometric conditions equivalent to observability. These conditions are analogues of conditions for affine groups found by \textit{A. Bialynicki-Birula}, \textit{G. Hochschild}, and \textit{G. D. Mostow} [Am. J. Math. 85, 131-144 (1963; Zbl 0116.02302)] and \textit{F. Grosshans} [Am. J. Math. 95, 229-253 (1973; Zbl 0309.14039), Algebraic homogeneous spaces and invariant theory (Lect. Notes Math. 1673) (1997; Zbl 0886.14020)]. In the affine case, one particular geometric condition is that the subgroup is observable if and only if \(G/H\) is a quasi-affine variety. In the pro-affine case, the authors define the notion of a `provariety' (differing slightly from other definitions in the literature) and show analogously that a subgroup \(H\) is observable if and only if \(G/H\) is a quasi-affine provariety.

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