Modular Lie algebras and the Gelfand–Kirillov conjecture

Let ${\mathfrak{g}}Let \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} be a finite dimensional simple Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field \mathbbK\mathbb{K} of characteristic 0. Let \mathfrakg_\mathbbZ{\mathfrak{g}}_{{\mathbb{Z}}} be a Chevalley ℤ-form of \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} and \mathfrakg_\Bbbk=\mathfrakg_\mathbbZ?_\mathbbZ\Bbbk{\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk}={\mathfrak{g}}_{{\mathbb{Z}}}\otimes _{{\mathbb{Z}}}\Bbbk, where \Bbbk\Bbbk is the algebraic closure of  \mathbbF_p{\mathbb{F}}_{p}. Let G_\BbbkG_{\Bbbk} be a simple, simply connected algebraic \Bbbk\Bbbk-group with \operatornameLie(G_\Bbbk)=\mathfrakg_\Bbbk\operatorname{Lie}(G_{\Bbbk})={\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk}. In this paper, we apply recent results of Rudolf Tange on the fraction field of the centre of the universal enveloping algebra U(\mathfrakg_\Bbbk)U({\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk}) to show that if the Gelfand–Kirillov conjecture (from 1966) holds for \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}}, then for all p≫0 the field of rational functions \Bbbk (\mathfrakg_\Bbbk)\Bbbk ({\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk}) is purely transcendental over its subfield \Bbbk(\mathfrakg_\Bbbk)^G_\Bbbk\Bbbk({\mathfrak{g}}_{\Bbbk})^{G_{\Bbbk}}. Very recently, it was proved by Colliot-Thélène, Kunyavskiĭ, Popov, and Reichstein that the field of rational functions \mathbbK(\mathfrakg){\mathbb{K}}({\mathfrak{g}}) is not purely transcendental over its subfield \mathbbK(\mathfrakg)^\mathfrakg{\mathbb{K}}({\mathfrak{g}})^{\mathfrak{g}} if \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} is of type B _n , n≥3, D _n , n≥4, E₆, E₇, E₈ or F₄. We prove a modular version of this result (valid for p≫0) and use it to show that, in characteristic 0, the Gelfand–Kirillov conjecture fails for the simple Lie algebras of the above types. In other words, if \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} is of type B _n , n≥3, D _n , n≥4, E₆, E₇, E₈ or F₄, then the Lie field of \mathfrakg{\mathfrak{g}} is more complicated than expected.     

Bounded reductive subalgebras of \mathfrak{s}{\mathfrak{l}_n}

Let \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} be a reductive Lie algebra and \mathfrakk ì \mathfrakg \mathfrak{k} \subset \mathfrak{g} be a reductive in \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} subalgebra. A ( \mathfrakg,\mathfrakk \mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{k} )-module M is a \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} -module for which any element m ∈ M is contained in a finite-dimensional \mathfrakk \mathfrak{k} -submodule of M. We say that a ( \mathfrakg,\mathfrakk \mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{k} )-module M is bounded if there exists a constant C _M such that the Jordan-H?lder multiplicities of any simple finite-dimensional \mathfrakk \mathfrak{k} -module in every finite-dimensional \mathfrakk \mathfrak{k} -submodule of M are bounded by C _M . In the present paper we describe explicitly all reductive in \mathfraks\mathfrakl_n \mathfrak{s}{\mathfrak{l}_n} subalgebras \mathfrakk \mathfrak{k} which admit a bounded simple infinite-dimensional ( \mathfraks\mathfrakl_n,\mathfrakk \mathfrak{s}{\mathfrak{l}_n},\mathfrak{k} )-module. Our technique is based on symplectic geometry and the notion of spherical variety. We also characterize the irreducible components of the associated varieties of simple bounded ( \mathfrakg,\mathfrakk \mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{k} )-modules.     

Two-step solvable Lie algebras and weight graphs

By using the concept of weight graph associated to nonsplit complex nilpotent Lie algebras \mathfrakg\mathfrak{g}, we find necessary and sufficient conditions for a semidirect product \mathfrakg?^? T_i\mathfrak{g}\overrightarrow{\oplus } T_{i} to be two-step solvable, where $T_{i}TT over \mathfrakg\mathfrak{g} which induces a decomposition of \mathfrakg\mathfrak{g} into one-dimensional weight spaces without zero weights. In particular we show that the semidirect product of such a Lie algebra with a maximal torus of derivations cannot be itself two-step solvable. We also obtain some applications to rigid Lie algebras, as a geometrical proof of the nonexistence of two-step nonsplit solvable rigid Lie algebras in dimensions n\geqslant 3n\geqslant 3.     

Enveloping algebras of Slodowy slices and Goldie rank

Let U( \mathfrakg,e ) U\left( {\mathfrak{g},e} \right) be the finite W-algebra associated with a nilpotent element e in a complex simple Lie algebra \mathfrakg = \textLie(G) \mathfrak{g} = {\text{Lie}}(G) and let I be a primitive ideal of the enveloping algebra U( \mathfrakg ) U\left( \mathfrak{g} \right) whose associated variety equals the Zariski closure of the nilpotent orbit (Ad G) e. Then it is known that I = \textAn\textn_{U( \mathfrakg )}( Q_e ?_{U( \mathfrakg,e )}V ) I = {\text{An}}{{\text{n}}_{U\left( \mathfrak{g} \right)}}\left( {{Q_e}{ \otimes_{U\left( {\mathfrak{g},e} \right)}}V} \right) for some finite dimensional irreducible U( \mathfrakg,e ) U\left( {\mathfrak{g},e} \right) -module V, where Q _e stands for the generalised Gelfand–Graev \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} -module associated with e. The main goal of this paper is to prove that the Goldie rank of the primitive quotient U( \mathfrakg )

On divisible weighted Dynkin diagrams and reachable elements

Let e be a nilpotent element of a complex simple Lie algebra $ \mathfrak{g} Let e be a nilpotent element of a complex simple Lie algebra \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . The weighted Dynkin diagram of e, D(e) \mathcal{D}(e) , is said to be divisible if D(e)

Homogeneous Hypersurfaces in ℂ<Superscript>3</Superscript>, Associated with a Model CR-Cubic

The model 4-dimensional CR-cubic in ℂ³ has the following “model” property: it is (essentially) the unique locally homogeneous 4-dimensional CR-manifold in ℂ³ with finite-dimensional infinitesimal automorphism algebra \mathfrakg\mathfrak{g} and non-trivial isotropy subalgebra. We study and classify, up to local biholomorphic equivalence, all \mathfrakg\mathfrak{g}-homogeneous hypersurfaces in ℂ³ and also classify the corresponding local transitive actions of the model algebra \mathfrakg\mathfrak{g} on hypersurfaces in ℂ³.     

On quasiorder lattices and topology lattices of algebras

In this paper, it is shown that the dual [(\textQord)\tilde]\mathfrakA \widetilde{\text{Qord}}\mathfrak{A} of the quasiorder lattice of any algebra \mathfrakA \mathfrak{A} is isomorphic to a sublattice of the topology lattice á( \mathfrakA ) \Im \left( \mathfrak{A} \right) . Further, if \mathfrakA \mathfrak{A} is a finite algebra, then [(\textQord)\tilde]\mathfrakA @ á( \mathfrakA ) \widetilde{\text{Qord}}\mathfrak{A} \cong \Im \left( \mathfrak{A} \right) . We give a sufficient condition for the lattices [(\textCon)\tilde]\mathfrakA\text, [(\textQord)\tilde]\mathfrakA \widetilde{\text{Con}}\mathfrak{A}{\text{,}} \widetilde{\text{Qord}}\mathfrak{A} , and á( \mathfrakA ) \Im \left( \mathfrak{A} \right) . to be pairwise isomorphic. These results are applied to investigate topology lattices and quasiorder lattices of unary algebras.     

A Twining Character Formula For Demazure Modules

We prove a formula for the twining characters of certain Demazure modules, over a Borel subalgebra \mathfrakb\mathfrak{b} of a finite dimensional complex semisimple Lie algebra \mathfrakg\mathfrak{g}. This formula describes the twining character of the Demazure module by the w\omega-Demazure operator associated to an element of the Weyl group that is fixed by the Dynkin diagram automorphism w\omega of \mathfrakg\mathfrak{g}. Our result is a refinement of the twining character formula for the irreducible highest weight \mathfrakg\mathfrak{g}-modules of symmetric dominant integral highest weights, and also of the ordinary Demazure character formula.     

An $ \mathfrak{X} $-crown of a finite soluble group

Let G be a finite soluble group and F_\mathfrakX(G) {\Phi_\mathfrak{X}}(G) an intersection of all those maximal subgroups M of G for which G

Combinatorics of character formulas for the lie superalgebra \mathfrak{g}\mathfrak{l}\left( {m,n} \right)

Let \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} be the Lie superalgebra \mathfrakg\mathfrakl( m,n ) \mathfrak{g}\mathfrak{l}\left( {m,n} \right) . Algorithms for computing the composition factors and multiplicities of Kac modules for \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} were given by the second author, [12] and by J. Brundan [1]. We give a combinatorial proof of the equivalence between the two algorithms. The proof uses weight and cap diagrams introduced by Brundan and C. Stroppel, and cancelations between paths in a graph G \mathcal{G} defined using these diagrams. Each vertex of G \mathcal{G} corresponds to a highest weight of a finite dimensional simple module, and each edge is weighted by a nonnegative integer. If E \mathcal{E} is the subgraph of G \mathcal{G} obtained by deleting all edges of positive weight, then E \mathcal{E} is the graph that describes nonsplit extensions between simple highest weight modules. We also give a procedure for finding the composition factors of any Kac module, without cancelation. This procedure leads to a second proof of the main result.     

Lifting automorphisms of generalized adjoint quotients

Let G be a reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field K of characteristic zero. Let p:\mathfrakg^r ? X = \mathfrakg^r//G \pi :{\mathfrak{g}^r} \to X = {\mathfrak{g}^r}//G be the categorical quotient where \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} is the adjoint representation of G and r is a suitably large integer (in general r ≥ 5, but for many cases r ≥ 3 or even r ≥ 2 suffices). We show that every automorphism φ of X lifts to a map F:\mathfrakg^r ? \mathfrakg^r \Phi :{\mathfrak{g}^r} \to {\mathfrak{g}^r} commuting with π. As an application we consider the action of φ on the Luna stratification of X.     

Slices for biparabolics of index 1

Let \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} be an algebraic Lie subalgebra of a simple Lie algebra \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} with index \mathfraka \mathfrak{a}  ≤ rank \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . Let Y( \mathfraka ) Y\left( \mathfrak{a} \right) denote the algebra of \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} invariant polynomial functions on \mathfraka^* {\mathfrak{a}^*} . An algebraic slice for \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is an affine subspace η + V with h ? \mathfraka^* \eta \in {\mathfrak{a}^*} and V ì \mathfraka^* V \subset {\mathfrak{a}^*} subspace of dimension index \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} such that restriction of function induces an isomorphism of Y( \mathfraka ) Y\left( \mathfrak{a} \right) onto the algebra R[η + V] of regular functions on η + V. Slices have been obtained in a number of cases through the construction of an adapted pair (h, η) in which h ? \mathfraka h \in \mathfrak{a} is ad-semisimple, η is a regular element of \mathfraka^* {\mathfrak{a}^*} which is an eigenvector for h of eigenvalue minus one and V is an h stable complement to ( \textad  \mathfraka )h \left( {{\text{ad}}\;\mathfrak{a}} \right)\eta in \mathfraka^* {\mathfrak{a}^*} . The classical case is for \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} semisimple [16], [17]. Yet rather recently many other cases have been provided; for example, if \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} is of type A and \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is a “truncated biparabolic” [12] or a centralizer [13]. In some of these cases (in particular when the biparabolic is a Borel subalgebra) it was found [13], [14], that η could be taken to be the restriction of a regular nilpotent element in \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . Moreover, this calculation suggested [13] how to construct slices outside type A when no adapted pair exists. This article makes a first step in taking these ideas further. Specifically, let \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} be a truncated biparabolic of index one. (This only arises if \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} is of type A and \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is the derived algebra of a parabolic subalgebra whose Levi factor has just two blocks whose sizes are coprime.) In this case it is shown that the second member of an adapted pair (h, η) for \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is the restriction of a particularly carefully chosen regular nilpotent element of \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} . A by-product of our analysis is the construction of a map from the set of pairs of coprime integers to the set of all finite ordered sequences of ±1.     

Polynomiality of invariants, unimodularity and adapted pairs

Let \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} be a finite-dimensional Lie algebra and Y( \mathfraka ) Y\left( \mathfrak{a} \right) the \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} invariant subalgebra of its symmetric algebra S( \mathfraka ) S\left( \mathfrak{a} \right) under adjoint action. Recently there has been considerable interest in studying situations when Y( \mathfraka ) Y\left( \mathfrak{a} \right) may be polynomial on index \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} generators, for example if \mathfraka \mathfrak{a} is a biparabolic or a centralizer \mathfrakg^x {\mathfrak{g}^x} in a semisimple Lie algebra \mathfrakg \mathfrak{g} .     

On algebraic integrability of Gelfand-Zeitlin fields

We generalize a result of Kostant and Wallach concerning the algebraic integrability of the Gelfand-Zeitlin vector fields to the full set of strongly regular elements in \mathfrakg\mathfrakl \mathfrak{g}\mathfrak{l} (n, ℂ). We use decomposition classes to stratify the strongly regular set by subvarieties X_D {X_\mathcal{D}} . We construct an étale cover [^(\mathfrakg)]_D {\hat{\mathfrak{g}}}_\mathcal{D} of X_D {X_\mathcal{D}} and show that X_D {X_\mathcal{D}} and [^(\mathfrakg)]_D {\hat{\mathfrak{g}}}_\mathcal{D} are smooth and irreducible. We then use Poisson geometry to lift the Gelfand-Zeitlin vector fields on X_D {X_\mathcal{D}} to Hamiltonian vector fields on [^(\mathfrakg)]_D {\hat{\mathfrak{g}}}_\mathcal{D} and integrate these vector fields to an action of a connected, commutative algebraic group.     

Dual partially harmonic tensors and Brauer-Schur-Weyl duality

Let V be a 2m-dimensional symplectic vector space over an algebraically closed field K. Let $ \mathfrak{B}_n^{(f)} Let V be a 2m-dimensional symplectic vector space over an algebraically closed field K. Let \mathfrakB_n^(f) \mathfrak{B}_n^{(f)} be the two-sided ideal of the Brauer algebra \mathfrakB_n( - 2m ) {\mathfrak{B}_n}\left( { - 2m} \right) over K generated by e ₁ e _3⋯ e _2f-1 where 0 ≤ f ≤ [n/2]. Let HT_f ^?n \mathcal{H}\mathcal{T}_f^{ \otimes n} be the subspace of partial-harmonic tensors of valence f in V ^⊗n . In this paper we prove that dimHT_f ^?n \mathcal{H}\mathcal{T}_f^{ \otimes n} and dim \textEn\textd_K\textSp(V)( V ^?n \mathord

A semilattice of numberings. II

\mathfrakc \mathfrak{c} -Universal semilattices \mathfrakA \mathfrak{A} of the power of the continuum (of an upper semilattice of m-degrees ) on admissible sets are studied. Moreover, it is shown that a semilattice of \mathbbH\mathbbF( \mathfrakM ) \mathbb{H}\mathbb{F}\left( \mathfrak{M} \right) -numberings of a finite set is \mathfrakc \mathfrak{c} -universal if \mathfrakM \mathfrak{M} is a countable model of a c-simple theory.     

Automorphisms of a finitary factor power of an infinite symmetric group

We consider a semigroup FP_\textfin⁺ ( \mathfrakS_\textfin( \mathbbN ) ) FP_{\text{fin}}^{+} \left( {{\mathfrak{S}_{\text{fin}}}\left( \mathbb{N} \right)} \right) defined as a finitary factor power of a finitary symmetric group of countable order. It is proved that all automorphisms of FP_\textfin⁺ ( \mathfrakS_\textfin( \mathbbN ) ) FP_{\text{fin}}^{+} \left( {{\mathfrak{S}_{\text{fin}}}\left( \mathbb{N} \right)} \right) are induced by permutations from \mathfrakS( \mathbbN ) \mathfrak{S}\left( \mathbb{N} \right) .     

On $$ \mathfrak{F}_h $$-normal subgroups of finite groups

Let G be a finite group, and let $ \mathfrak{F} $ \mathfrak{F} be a formation of finite groups. We say that a subgroup H of G is $ \mathfrak{F}_h $ \mathfrak{F}_h -normal in G if there exists a normal subgroup T of G such that HT is a normal Hall subgroup of G and (H ∩ T)H _G /H _G is contained in the $ \mathfrak{F} $ \mathfrak{F} -hypercenter $ Z_\infty ^\mathfrak{F} $ Z_\infty ^\mathfrak{F} (G/H _G ) of G/H _G . In this paper, we obtain some results about the $ \mathfrak{F}_h $ \mathfrak{F}_h -normal subgroups and then use them to study the structure of finite groups.