The block decomposition of finite-dimensional representations of twisted loop algebras

DOI10.2140/PJM.2010.244.335MaRDI QIDQ848754zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Prasad Senesi

Publication date 23 February 2010

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.4116

zbMATH Keywords

block decompositioninfinite-dimensional Lie algebrasKac-Moody algebrasloop algebrasrepresentation theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67)

Abstract: In this paper we consider the category of F^sigma of finite-dimensional representations of a twisted loop algebra corresponding to a finite-dimensional Lie algebra with non-trivial diagram automorphism. Although F^sigma is not semisimple, it can be written as a sum of indecomposable subcategories (the blocks of the category). To describe these summands, we introduce the twisted spectral characters for the twisted loop algebra. These are certain equivalence classes of the spectral characters defined by Chari and Moura for an untwisted loop algebra, which were used to provide a description of the blocks of finite--dimensional representations of the untwisted loop algebra. Here we adapt this decomposition to parametrize and describe the blocks of F^sigma, via the twisted spectral characters.

Review text

Given a simple Lie algebra of classical type \(A_l\), \(D_l\) or exceptional type \(E_6\) and an automorphism \(\sigma\) arising from symmetries of the Dynkin diagram, the corresponding twisted loop algebra is denoted by \(L_{\sigma}(g)\). It is known that the category of finite-dimensional representations of \(L_{\sigma}(g)\) is not semisimple, but allows a decomposition as a sum of indecomposable subcategories (blocks). The aim of this work is to analyze the twisted case by adaptation of some methods valid for the untwisted case. Specifically it is proven that there exists a bijective map between the blocks and the equivalence classes obtained on the set of spectral characters.

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