Weights of a coefficient-generating representation separate points #
For a homomorphism D(X) → G, two points of D(X) act identically on a representation of
G when they agree on its occurring weights. If the representation's matrix coefficients
generate the coordinate algebra of G and D(X) → G is a closed immersion, these weights
separate all algebra-valued points of D(X). In particular, automorphisms of the character
group are determined by their values on the weights of such a representation. This gives a
finite set on which to detect the normalizer action when the representation is finite.
The point-separation statements work over commutative semirings and allow nonreduced value algebras. No finite-generation hypothesis on the representation is needed here.
References #
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Groups (2017), §§4.a and 21.1.
- J. C. Jantzen, Representations of Algebraic Groups, I.2.
Points agreeing on all weights with nonzero weight spaces induce the same action on the representation.
For a closed diagonalizable subgroup, the weights of a coefficient-generating ambient representation separate its points over every commutative value algebra.
Automorphisms of the character group are determined on the occurring weights of a coefficient-generating representation of the ambient group.