Bott-Samelson varieties and Poisson Ore extensions

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNZ127arXiv1601.00047WikidataQ127812829 ScholiaQ127812829MaRDI QIDQ6268908FDOQ6268908

Publication date: 31 December 2015

Abstract: Let

G

be a connected complex semi-simple Lie group, and let

be an

n

-dimensional Bott-Samelson variety of

G

, where

is any sequence of simple reflections in the Weyl group of

G

. We study the Poisson structure

p i_{n}

on

defined by a standard multiplicative Poisson structure

p i_{m s t}

on

G

. We explicitly express

p i_{n}

on each of the

2^{n}

affine coordinate charts, one for every subexpression of

, in terms of the root strings and the structure constants of the Lie algebra of

G

. We show that the restriction of

p i_{n}

to each affine coordinate chart gives rise to a Poisson structure on the polynomial algebra

m a t h b b C [z_{1}, l d o t s, z_{n}]

which is an {it iterated Poisson Ore extension} of

m a t h b b C

compatible with a rational action by a maximal torus of

G

. For canonically chosen

p i_{m s t}

, we show that the induced Poisson structure on

m a t h b b C [z_{1}, l d o t s, z_{n}]

for every affine coordinate chart is in fact defined over

m a t h b b Z

, thus giving rise to an iterated Poisson Ore extension of any field

of arbitrary characteristic. The special case of

p i_{n}

on the affine chart corresponding to the full subexpression of

yields an explicit formula for the standard Poisson structures on {it generalized Bruhat cells} in Bott-Samelson coordinates. The paper establishes the foundation on generalized Bruhat cells and sets up the stage for their applications, some of which are discussed in the Introduction of the paper.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Poisson algebras (17B63) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Semisimple Lie groups and their representations (22E46)

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