Indice du normalisateur du centralisateur d'un element nilpotent dans une algebre de Lie semi-simple

Abstract: The index of a complex Lie algebra is the minimal codimension of its coadjoint orbits. Let us suppose

g

semisimple, then its index,

m i n d g

, is equal to its rank,

m r k g

. The goal of this paper is to establish a simple general formula for the index of

(g^{x i})

, for

x i

nilpotent, where

(g^{x i})

is the normaliser in

g

of the centraliser

g^{x i}

of

x i

. More precisely, we have to show the following result, conjectured by D. Panyushev cite{Panyushev} :

{ m ind} (g^{xi}) = { m rk g}-dim z(g^{xi}),

where

z (g^{x i})

is the center of

g^{x i}

. D. Panyushev obtained in cite{Panyushev} the inequality hbox{

m i n d (g^{x i}) g e q m r g g - d i m z (g^{x i})

} and we show that the maximality of the rank of a certain matrix with entries in the symmetric algebra

c a l S (g^{x i})

implies the other inequality. The main part of this paper consists of the proof of the maximality of the rank of this matrix.

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