Adjoint representation of E₈ and del Pezzo surfaces of degree 1

Abstract: Let X be a del Pezzo surface of degree 1, and let G be the simple Lie group of type E_8. We construct a locally closed embedding of a universal torsor over X into the G-orbit of the highest weight vector of the adjoint representation. This embedding is equivariant with respect to the action of the Neron-Severi torus T of X identified with a maximal torus of G extended by the group of scalars. The T-invariant hyperplane sections of the torsor defined by the roots of G are inverse images of the 240 exceptional curves on X. This extends the main result of our previous work to del Pezzo surfaces of degree 1.

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Let \(G\) be a connected split simple algebraic group of type \(E_8\) over a field of characteristic zero and let \(\mathcal O\) be the \(G\)-orbit of the highest weight vector of the adjoint representation of \(G\). The authors construct a locally closed embedding into \(\mathcal O\) of a universal torsor over a del Pezzo surface \(X\) of degree \(1\). This embedding is equivariant with respect to the action of the Néron--Severi torus \(T\) of \(X\) identified with a maximal torus of \(G\) extended by the group of scalars, and the \(T\)-invariant hyperplane sections of the torsor defined by the roots of \(G\) are the inverse images of the 240 exceptional curves on \(X\).

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