Cross-sections, quotients, and representation rings of semisimple algebraic groups.

DOI10.1007/S00031-011-9137-6zbMATH Open1238.20063arXiv0908.0826OpenAlexW2059312480MaRDI QIDQ649083FDOQ649083

Authors: Vladimir L. Popov 

Publication date: 30 November 2011

Published in: Transformation Groups (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a connected semisimple algebraic group over an algebraically closed field $k$. In 1965 Steinberg proved that if $G$ is simply connected, then in $G$ there exists a closed irreducible cross-section of the set of closures of regular conjugacy classes. We prove that in arbitrary $G$ such a cross-section exists if and only if the universal covering isogeny $aucolonGoG$ is bijective; this answers Grothendieck's question cited in the epigraph. In particular, for $mchar,k=0$, the converse to Steinberg's theorem holds. The existence of a cross-section in $G$ implies, at least for $mchar,k=0$, that the algebra $k[G{]}^G$ of class functions on $G$ is generated by $mrk,G$ elements. We describe, for arbitrary $G$, a minimal generating set of $k[G{]}^G$ and that of the representation ring of $G$ and answer two Grothendieck's questions on constructing generating sets of $k[G{]}^G$. We prove the existence of a rational (i.e., local) section of the quotient morphism for arbitrary $G$ and the existence of a rational cross-section in $G$ (for $mchar,k=0$, this has been proved earlier); this answers the other Grothendieck's question cited in the epigraph. We also prove that the existence of a rational section is equivalent to the existence of a rational $W$-equivariant map $TdashrightarrowG/T$ where $T$ is a maximal torus of $G$ and $W$ the Weyl group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0908.0826

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zbMATH Keywords

isogeniesWeyl groupsrepresentation ringssemisimple algebraic groupscross-sectionsregular conjugacy classesSteinberg sections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric invariant theory (14L24) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15)

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