On the Borel subgroups of large type
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On the Borel subgroups of large type
zbMATH Open document ID: 0791.20047
author: Zixin Hou
published in: Chinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B
publication date: 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The author introduces the notion of Borel subgroups of large type and determines all Borel subgroups of this type. The main idea is exposed in two theorems: Theorem 1.1: Suppose that \(G\) is a connected reductive algebraic group. Then each inner class of involutions of \(G\) contains a unique \(G\)- conjugacy class of principal involutions \(\theta\), i.e. there is a regular semisimple element \(X\) in \(\text{Lie}(G)\) on which \(\theta\) has the eigenvalue \(-1\). The corresponding real forms are exactly the quasisplit ones, i.e. there is a Borel subgroup of \(G\) defined over \(\mathbb{R}\), in the inner class. -- Theorem 1.2: Suppose \(G\) is a connected reductive algebraic group, and \(\theta\) is a principal involution of \(G\). Take a \(\theta\)-stable maximal torus \(T\) with no real roots (according to Proposition 1.12, it is unique up to conjugation by the maximal compact subgroup \(K\)). Then for the root system \(\Delta\) of \((G,T)\), there is an ordering \(\Delta^ +\) such that \(\text{Lie}(B) = \text{Lie}(T) + \sum_{\alpha \in \Delta^ +} \text{Lie}(G)_ \alpha\) is a \(\theta\)- stable Borel subalgebra and every root is either complex or noncompact imaginary. Therefore the connected subgroup \(B\) of \(G\) with Lie algebra \(\text{Lie}(G)\) is the \(\theta\)-stable Borel subgroup of large type. In section 2 the author constructs these large type \(\theta\)-stable Borel subgroups for principal involutions for the classical semisimple groups.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20G15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 22E60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 22E46
zbMATH DE Number: 148497
zbMATH Keywords: Borel subgroups of large type
zbMATH Keywords: connected reductive algebraic group
zbMATH Keywords: involutions
zbMATH Keywords: principal involutions
zbMATH Keywords: regular semisimple element
zbMATH Keywords: maximal torus
zbMATH Keywords: maximal compact subgroup
zbMATH Keywords: root system
zbMATH Keywords: Borel subalgebra
zbMATH Keywords: Lie algebra
zbMATH Keywords: semisimple groups
reviewed by: Do Ngoc Diep
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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