Total positivity, Schubert positivity, and geometric Satake

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2016.03.039zbMATH Open1352.14038arXiv1203.1682OpenAlexW2963926402MaRDI QIDQ296664FDOQ296664

Authors: Thomas Lam, K. Rietsch 

Publication date: 23 June 2016

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let G be a simple and simply-connected complex algebraic group, and let X subset G^vee be the centralizer subgroup of a principal nilpotent element. Ginzburg and Peterson independently related the ring of functions on X with the homology ring of the affine Grassmannian Gr_G. Peterson furthermore connected this ring to the quantum cohomology rings of partial flag varieties G/P. The first aim of this paper is to study three different notions of positivity on X: (1) Schubert positivity arising via Peterson's work, (2) total positivity in the sense of Lusztig, and (3) Mirkovic-Vilonen positivity obtained from the MV-cycles in Gr_G. Our first main theorem establishes that these three notions of positivity coincide. The second aim of this paper is to parametrize the totally nonnegative part of X, confirming a conjecture of the second author. In type A a substantial part of our results were previously established by the second author. The crucial new component of this paper is the connection with the affine Grassmannian and the geometric Satake correspondence.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1682

Recommendations

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2115439
• Double Bruhat cells and total positivity
• Schubert polynomials for the affine Grassmannian
• Total positivity in Schubert varieties
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1014902

zbMATH Keywords

quantum cohomologytotal positivityflag varieties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Miscellaneous inequalities involving matrices (15A45) Linear algebraic groups over the reals, the complexes, the quaternions (20G20)

Cites Work

• Quantum cohomology of flag manifolds and Toda lattices
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Kac-Moody groups, their flag varieties and representation theory
• Geometric Langlands duality and representations of algebraic groups over commutative rings
• Integral homology of loop groups via Langlands dual groups
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Total positivity and cluster algebras
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• The solution to a generalized Toda lattice and representation theory
• A mirror symmetric construction of \(qH_T^*(G/P)_{(q)}\)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Variations on themes of Kostant
• Quantum cohomology of flag manifolds \(G/B\) and quantum Toda lattices.
• Total positivity in Schubert varieties
• Flag manifold quantum cohomology, the Toda lattice, and the representation with highest weight \(\rho\)
• Parametrizations of canonical bases and totally positive matrices
• A Mirror Construction for the Totally Nonnegative Part of the Peterson Variety
• Quantum cohomology of the flag manifold as an algebra of rational functions on a unipotent algebraic group
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• On the quantum product of Schubert classes
• Equivariant homology and K-theory of affine Grassmannians and Toda lattices
• Totally positive Toeplitz matrices and quantum cohomology of partial flag varieties
• Quantum cohomology of flag varieties
• Proof of a Conjecture of Schoenberg on the Generating Function of a Totally Positive Sequence
• Quantum cohomology of \(G/P\) and homology of affine Grassmannian
• A mirror symmetric solution to the quantum Toda lattice
• Quillen's theorem on buildings and the loops on a symmetric space

Cited In (10)

• Sign variation, the Grassmannian, and total positivity
• A mirror symmetric solution to the quantum Toda lattice
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Cyclic Demazure modules and positroid varieties
• \(R\)-systems
• Total positivity in Schubert varieties
• Positivity in equivariant Schubert calculus.
• Total positivity for cominuscule Grassmannians.
• Positivity and geometry of the characteristic set
• Total Positivity in Symmetric Spaces

This page was built for publication: Total positivity, Schubert positivity, and geometric Satake

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q296664)