Invariant derivations and differential forms for reflection groups

DOI10.1112/PLMS.12233MaRDI QIDQ5237370zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Victor Reiner, Anne V. Shepler

Publication date 17 October 2019

Published in Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.01031

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55)

Abstract: Classical invariant theory of a complex reflection group $W$ highlights three beautiful structures: -- the $W$-invariant polynomials constitute a polynomial algebra, over which -- the $W$-invariant differential forms with polynomial coefficients constitute an exterior algebra, and -- the relative invariants of any $W$-representation constitute a free module. When $W$ is a duality (or well-generated) group, we give an explicit description of the isotypic component within the differential forms of the irreducible reflection representation. This resolves a conjecture of Armstrong, Rhoades and the first author, and relates to Lie-theoretic conjectures and results of Bazlov, Broer, Joseph, Reeder, and Stembridge, and also Deconcini, Papi, and Procesi. We establish this result by examining the space of $W$-invariant differential derivations; these are derivations whose coefficients are not just polynomials, but differential forms with polynomial coefficients. For every complex reflection group $W$, we show that the space of invariant differential derivations is finitely generated as a module over the invariant differential forms by the basic derivations together with their exterior derivatives. When $W$ is a duality group, we show that the space of invariant differential derivations is free as a module over the exterior subalgebra of $W$-invariant forms generated by all but the top-degree exterior generator. (The basic invariant of highest degree is omitted.) Our arguments for duality groups are case-free, i.e., they do not rely on any reflection group classification.

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