Criteria for rational smoothness of some symmetric orbit closures.

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2011.09.002MaRDI QIDQ655340zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Axel Hultman

Publication date 4 January 2012

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0936

zbMATH Keywords

Bruhat graphsconnected reductive linear algebraic groupsflag varietiesKazhdan-Lusztig polynomialsrational smoothnessSchubert varietiessymmetric orbit closures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities in algebraic geometry (14B05) Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30) Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Cohomology theory for linear algebraic groups (20G10) Linear algebraic groups over the reals, the complexes, the quaternions (20G20)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a connected reductive linear algebraic group over $C$ with an involution $heta$. Denote by $K$ the subgroup of fixed points. In certain cases, the $K$-orbits in the flag variety $G/B$ are indexed by the twisted identities $iot=heta(w^{-1})wmidwinW$ in the Weyl group $W$. Under this assumption, we establish a criterion for rational smoothness of orbit closures which generalises classical results of Carrell and Peterson for Schubert varieties. That is, whether an orbit closure is rationally smooth at a given point can be determined by examining the degrees in a ``Bruhat graph whose vertices form a subset of $iot$. Moreover, an orbit closure is rationally smooth everywhere if and only if its corresponding interval in the Bruhat order on $iot$ is rank symmetric. In the special case $K=S{p}_{2n}(C)$, $G=S{L}_{2n}(C)$, we strengthen our criterion by showing that only the degree of a single vertex, the ``bottom one, needs to be examined. This generalises a result of Deodhar for type $A$ Schubert varieties.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a connected reductive linear algebraic group over \(\mathbb C\) with an involution \(\theta\). Denote by \(K\) the subgroup of fixed points. In certain cases, the \(K\)-orbits in the flag variety \(G/B\) are indexed by the set of twisted identities \(\iota=\{\theta(w-1)w\mid w\in W\}\) in the Weyl group \(W\). Assume we are in such a case. A good example is when \(K=\text{Sp}_{2n}(\mathbb C)\), \(G=\text{GL}_{2n}(\mathbb C)\). Under the assumption, a criterion is established for rational smoothness of orbit closures which generalises classical results of Carrell and Peterson for Schubert varieties. That is, whether an orbit closure is rationally smooth at a given point can be determined by examining the degrees in a ``Bruhat graph whose vertices form a subset of \(\iota\). Moreover, an orbit closure is rationally smooth everywhere if and only if its corresponding interval in the Bruhat order on \(\iota\) is rank symmetric. -- For the proofs one shows that some Kazhdan-Lusztig-Vogan polynomials still have the required properties under the above assumption. In the special case \(K=\text{Sp}_{2n}(\mathbb C)\), \(G=\text{SL}_{2n}(\mathbb C)\), the author strengthens the criterion by showing that only the degree of a single vertex, the ``bottom one, needs to be examined. This generalises a result of Deodhar for type \(A\) Schubert varieties.

Recommendations

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6806791
• Pattern avoidance and smoothness of closures for orbits of a symmetric subgroup in the flag variety
• Closures of \(K\)-orbits in the flag variety for \(SU^{*}(2n)\)
• Closures of \(K\)-orbits in the flag variety for \(U(p,q)\)
• Closures of \(O_n\)-orbits in the flag variety for \(\mathrm{GL}_n\)

Cites work

• A lookup conjecture for rational smoothness
• A remark on the orthogonality relations for Green functions
• Combinatorics of Coxeter Groups
• Complements to `The Bruhat order on symmetric varieties'
• Endomorphisms of linear algebraic groups
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3705455 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 13050 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 647429 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1033382 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5238770 (Why is no real title available?)
• Irreducible characters of semisimple Lie groups. III: Proof of Kazhdan-Lusztig conjecture in the integral case
• Local poincaré duality and non-singularity of schubert varieties
• Maximal singular loci of Schubert varieties in SL(n)/B
• Orbits, invariants, and representations associated to involutions of reductive groups
• Rational smoothness and fixed points of torus actions
• Representations of Coxeter groups and Hecke algebras
• Singular loci of Schubert varieties
• Singularities of closures of K-orbits on flag manifolds
• The Bruhat order on symmetric varieties
• Twisted identities in Coxeter groups.

Cited in

(10)

• Pattern avoidance and smoothness of closures for orbits of a symmetric subgroup in the flag variety
• Pattern avoidance and rational smoothness of Schubert varieties
• Combinatorial invariance of Kazhdan-Lusztig-Vogan polynomials for fixed point free involutions
• \(\mathsf{K}\)-orbit closures and Barbasch-Evens-Magyar varieties
• Kazhdan-Lusztig \(R\)-polynomials for pircons
• Lengths of involutions in finite Coxeter groups
• Closures of \(K\)-orbits in the flag variety for \(SU^{*}(2n)\)
• Closures of \(O_n\)-orbits in the flag variety for \(\mathrm{GL}_n\)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6806791 (Why is no real title available?)
• On the Bruhat \(\mathcal{G}\)-order between local systems on the \(B\)-orbits in a Hermitian symmetric variety

This page was built for publication: Criteria for rational smoothness of some symmetric orbit closures.

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q655340)