Diagonal representations of a diagonalizable group #
A weight function wt : Fin n → G on a basis of a free module M makes M a comodule over the
group algebra R[G], that is, a representation of the diagonalizable group D(G) which is
diagonal in that basis. This file records the resulting morphism of affine group schemes
D(G) ⟶ GLₙ
and a sufficient condition for it to be a closed immersion: the weights generate the character
group G. Indeed, their group-algebra generators then lie in the range of the coordinate morphism
O(GLₙ) ⟶ R[G], making that morphism surjective and the representation faithful.
For G = ℤ^κ this is the split torus 𝔾ₘ^κ presented as a closed subgroup of GLₙ by the
weights of a representation, which is how the split maximal torus of a Chevalley group is written
down.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.DiagonalizableGroup.diagonalCoordinateMap: the coordinate morphismO(GLₙ) ⟶ R[G]of a diagonal representation.TauCeti.DiagonalizableGroup.diagonalGroupSchemeHom: the group-scheme morphismD(G) ⟶ GLₙ.
Main results #
TauCeti.DiagonalizableGroup.pointToGeneralLinear_comp_diagonalCoordinateMap: on points, the morphism is the diagonal matrix of the values of the weights at the point.TauCeti.DiagonalizableGroup.surjective_diagonalCoordinateMap: if the weights generateG, the coordinate morphism is surjective.TauCeti.DiagonalizableGroup.isClosedImmersion_diagonalGroupSchemeHom: if the weights generateG, the morphismD(G) ⟶ GLₙis a closed immersion.
References #
- W. C. Waterhouse, Introduction to Affine Group Schemes, §§2.2 and 3.2.
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Groups (2017), §§4.a and 12.c.
The coordinate morphism of a diagonal representation #
The coordinate Hopf-algebra morphism O(GLₙ) ⟶ R[G] of the representation of D(G) which is
diagonal in the basis b with weights wt.
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The coordinate morphism of a diagonal representation sends the generic matrix to the diagonal matrix of the characters.
The antipode generators of O(GLₙ) are sent to the inverse characters.
On points, a diagonal representation is the diagonal matrix of the values of its weights.
A point of D(G) is a character χ of G, and it acts on the x-th basis vector by χ (wt x).
Faithfulness #
Every generator of the group algebra whose character is generated by the weights lies in the range of the coordinate morphism.
A diagonal representation whose weights generate the character group is faithful: its
coordinate morphism O(GLₙ) ⟶ R[G] is surjective.
The morphism of group schemes #
The morphism of affine group schemes D(G) ⟶ GLₙ attached to the representation of D(G)
which is diagonal in the basis b with weights wt.
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The diagonal group-scheme morphism is relative spectrum applied contravariantly to its
coordinate morphism, transported across the named presentation of D(G).
A diagonal representation whose weights generate the character group presents D(G) as a
closed subgroup of GLₙ.