Secant varieties of adjoint varieties: Orbit decomposition

DOI10.1006/JABR.1999.8223MaRDI QIDQ1977559zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hajime Kaji, Osami Yasukura

Publication date 29 October 2001

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1999.8223

zbMATH Keywords

adjoint representationmaximal orbitnilpotent orbitsorbit decompositionsecant variety

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homogeneous spaces and generalizations (14M17) Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Classical problems, Schubert calculus (14N15) Adjunction problems (14N30) Automorphisms, derivations, other operators for Lie algebras and super algebras (17B40)

Review text

Let \(\mathfrak g\) be a complex simple Lie algebra. By the adjoint variety \(X(\mathfrak{g})\) the authors mean the unique closed orbit of the action of \(G\) (the inner automorphism group of \(\mathfrak g\)) on \({\mathfrak P}(\mathfrak g) \) induced by the adjoint representation of \(G\) on \(\mathfrak g\). Adjoint varieties are interesting because their secant varieties have \textit{defect}, that is, their dimension is less than the generic dimension. This was discussed in a previous paper by the first author [\textit{H. Kaji}, Math. Contemp. 14, 75-87 (1998; Zbl 0939.14030)]. The action of \(G\) on \(X(\mathfrak g)\) lifts to an action on the secant variety of \(X(\mathfrak g)\), and the purpose of the present paper is to give the orbit decomposition of this action for the different complex simple Lie algebras. A structure theorem is proved, which states that the secant variety decomposes as the union of a dense orbit and a finite number of projectivizations of nilpotent orbits. The nilpotent orbits have a unique maximal orbit relative to the closure ordering. A complete classification of these maximal orbits is given.

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