Irreducible local systems on nilpotent orbits

DOI10.21915/BIMAS.2018302zbMATH Open1446.17012arXiv1610.07645WikidataQ129235647 ScholiaQ129235647MaRDI QIDQ4558113FDOQ4558113

Authors: Eric Sommers 

Publication date: 21 November 2018

Published in: Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics Academia Sinica NEW SERIES (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let G be a simple, simply-connected algebraic group over the complex numbers with Lie algebra $mathfrakg$. The main result of this article is a proof that each irreducible representation of the fundamental group of the orbit O through a nilpotent element $einmathfrakg$ lifts to a representation of a Jacobson-Morozov parabolic subgroup of G associated to e. This result was shown in some cases by Barbasch and Vogan in their study of unipotent representations for complex groups and, in general, in an unpublished part of the author's doctoral thesis. In the last section of the article, we state two applications of this result, whose details will appear elsewhere: to answering a question of Lusztig regarding special pieces in the exceptional groups (joint work with Fu, Juteau, and Levy); and to computing the G-module structure of the sections of an irreducible local system on O. A key aspect of the latter application is some new cohomological statements that generalize those in earlier work of the author.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.07645

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zbMATH Keywords

nilpotent orbitsorbit methodspecial pieces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Coadjoint orbits; nilpotent varieties (17B08) Linear algebraic groups over the reals, the complexes, the quaternions (20G20) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05)

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• Unipotent ideals for spin and exceptional groups
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