Simple linear compactifications of odd orthogonal groups

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2012.11.011MaRDI QIDQ372673zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jacopo Gandini

Publication date 9 October 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.2085

zbMATH Keywords

group compactificationsodd orthogonal groupssemisimple algebraic groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Affine algebraic groups, hyperalgebra constructions (14L17) Classical groups (algebro-geometric aspects) (14L35)

Abstract: We classify the simple linear compactifications of SO(2r+1), namely those compactifications with a unique closed orbit which are obtained by taking the closure of the SO(2r+1)xSO(2r+1)-orbit of the identity in a projective space P(End(V)), where V is a finite dimensional rational SO(2r+1)-module.

Review text

The article classifies simple linear compactifications of the group \(G=\text{SO}(2n+1)\). All linear compactifications are given by the following construction. Let \(\Pi\) be a finite subset of the set of dominant weights of \(G\). Then NEWLINE\[NEWLINEX_{\Pi} := \overline{(G\times G)[\text{Id}]} \subset \mathbb{P}\left(\bigoplus_{\lambda \in \Pi}\text{End}(V(\lambda))\right),NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(V(\lambda)\) is the simple representation of highest weight \(\lambda\), is a linear compactification.NEWLINENEWLINESuch a compactification is called simple if it contains a unique closed \(G\times G\) orbit. The problem reduces to two questions. Firstly, for which \(\Pi\) is the compactification \(X_{\Pi}\) simple? Secondly, for which \(\Pi\) and \(\Pi'\) is there an isomorphism \(X_{\Pi} \cong X_{\Pi'}\)?NEWLINENEWLINEBoth these questions can be completely answered in terms of combinatorics of the weight lattice. The question when \(X_{\Pi}\) is simple was previously answered by \textit{D. A. Timashev} [Sb. Math. 194, No. 4, 589--616 (2003); translation from Mat. Sb. 194, No. 4, 119--146 (2003; Zbl 1074.14043)]. The author restates this result in his notation before he continues to completely answer the second question. The combinatorics are complicated and it takes most of the article to figure them out.

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