Some characterizations of singular components of Springer fibers in the two-column case

DOI10.1007/S10468-010-9227-5MaRDI QIDQ763384zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lucas Fresse, Anna Melnikov

Publication date 9 March 2012

Published in Algebras and Representation Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4008

zbMATH Keywords

flag varietieslink patternsPolicaré polynomialsingularity criteriaSpringer fibersYoung tableaux

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Hecke algebras and their representations (20C08)

Abstract: Let $u$ be a nilpotent endomorphism of a finite dimensional $mathbbC$-vector space. The set ${mathcalF}_u$ of $u$-stable complete flags is a projective algebraic variety called a Springer fiber. Its irreducible components are parameterized by a set of standard tableaux. We provide three characterizations of the singular components of ${mathcalF}_u$ in the case $u^2=0$. First, we give the combinatorial description of standard tableaux corresponding to singular components. Second, we prove that a component is singular if and only if its Poincar'e polynomial is not palindromic. Third, we show that a component is singular when it has too many intersections of codimension one with other components. Finally, relying on the second criterion, we infer that, for $u$ general, whenever ${mathcalF}_u$ has a singular component, it admits a component whose Poincar'e polynomial is not palindromic. This work relies on a previous criterion of singularity for components of ${mathcalF}_u$ in the case $u^2=0$ by the first author and on the description of the $B$-orbit decomposition of orbital varieties of nilpotent order two by the second author.

Review text

Let \(V\) be a finite dimensional \({\mathbb C}\)-vector space and let \(u\) be its nilpotent endomorphism. The set \({\mathcal F}_u\) of all \(u\)-stable complete flags in \(V\) is called the Springer fiber since it can be identified with the fiber over \(u\) of the Springer resolution. In this paper the authors concentrate on the case \(u^2=0\) and give three characterizations of the singular irreducible components of \({\mathcal F}_u\). First, they give the combinatorial description of standard tableaux corresponding to singular components. Second, they prove that a component is singular if and only if its Poincaré polynomial is not palindromic. Third, they show that a component is singular when it has too many intersections of codimension one with other components.

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