Alcove walks, buildings, symmetric functions and representations

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Authors James Parkinson, Arun Ram

Publication date 23 July 2008

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups with a (BN)-pair; buildings (20E42) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05)

Abstract: For a complex simple Lie algebra, the dimension $K_{lambdamu}$ of the $mu$ weight space of a finite dimensional representation of highest weight $lambda$ is the same as the number of Littelmann paths of type $lambda$ and weight $mu$. In this paper we give an explicit construction of a path of type $lambda$ and weight $mu$ whenever $K_{lambdamu}e0$. This construction has additional consequences, it produces an explicit point in the building which chamber retracts to $lambda$ and sector retracts to $mu$, and an explicit point of the affine Grassmannian in the corresponding Mirkovi'c-Vilonen intersection. In an appendix we discuss the connection between retractions in buildings and alcove walks.

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