Weight spaces of a closed subgroup in a representation #
Let H be the coordinate Hopf algebra of an affine group G, let the Hopf ideal I cut out a
closed subgroup N, and let V be a representation of G. A character of N is a group-like
element χ of H ⧸ I, and the χ-weight space of V consists of the vectors on which N acts
through χ: those whose coaction, restricted to N, is v ↦ v ⊗ χ. Characters and weight spaces
are scheme-theoretic, so nonreduced subgroups such as μ_p are allowed.
A rational point g of G normalizing N restricts to an automorphism of N, whose coordinate
map is a bialgebra endomorphism of H ⧸ I. Acting by g carries the χ-weight space into the
weight space of the character n ↦ χ (g⁻¹ n g). Every rational point normalizes a normal
subgroup, so the sum of the weight spaces of a normal subgroup is stable under all rational
points. Over an algebraically closed field and for reduced H of finite type, rational points
detect subcomodules, so this sum is a subrepresentation of V; over a field the sum is direct.
This is the first step of the classical proof that a normal subgroup is the kernel of a
representation: by Chevalley's theorem N is the stabilizer of a line, which lies in one weight
space of N, and G acts on the block-diagonal endomorphisms of the sum of the weight spaces with
kernel N.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.HopfIdeal.weightSpace: the weight space of a character of the closed subgroup.TauCeti.HopfIdeal.basePointsRepresentation_mem_weightSpace: normalizing points permute the weight spaces.TauCeti.HopfIdeal.IsNormal.map_basePointsRepresentation_weightSpace: a rational point maps each weight space of a normal subgroup onto the weight space of the conjugate character.TauCeti.HopfIdeal.IsNormal.iSupWeightSpaceSubcomodule: the sum of the weight spaces of a normal subgroup, as a subrepresentation.TauCeti.HopfIdeal.iSupIndep_weightSpace: over a field the weight spaces are independent.TauCeti.HopfIdeal.weightSpace_subcomodule: weight spaces restrict to subrepresentations when the ambient and subgroup coordinate algebras are flat over the base.TauCeti.HopfIdeal.IsNormal.iSup_weightSpace_iSupWeightSpaceSubcomodule_eq_top: the weight-sum subrepresentation is spanned by its own subgroup weight spaces.
References #
- J. E. Humphreys, Linear Algebraic Groups, §11.5.
- A. Borel, Linear Algebraic Groups, §5.5.
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Groups (2017), §5.c.
The weight space of a character χ of the closed subgroup N cut out by I in a
representation V of the ambient group: the vectors on which N acts through χ. In
coordinates, χ is a group-like element of H ⧸ I, and the coaction of V, restricted to N,
sends a weight vector v to v ⊗ χ.
Equations
- I.weightSpace V χ = χ.weightSpace
Instances For
Membership in a weight space of a closed subgroup, in terms of the coaction of the ambient
group: restricting the coefficients to the subgroup gives v ⊗ χ.
A weight vector of a closed subgroup is detected by the universal point of the subgroup, the
quotient map H → H ⧸ I, even over a nonreduced base ring.
A point of the closed subgroup acts on the χ-weight space by its value on χ.
Normalizing points permute weight spaces. If a rational point g normalizes the closed
subgroup N cut out by I, then acting by g carries the χ-weight space of N into the weight
space of the conjugate character n ↦ χ (g⁻¹ n g).
The weight spaces of a normal closed subgroup are permuted by every rational point, so their sum is stable under the action of rational points.
Rational points permute the weight spaces of a normal subgroup. A rational point g maps
the χ-weight space of a normal closed subgroup N onto the weight space of the conjugate
character n ↦ χ (g⁻¹ n g).
The weight space of a closed subgroup in a subrepresentation is the preimage of its weight space in the ambient representation, when the coordinate algebras of the group and subgroup are flat over the base.
Over a field, the weight spaces of a closed subgroup belonging to distinct characters are independent.
The weight spaces of a normal subgroup span a subrepresentation. For a normal closed
subgroup N of a reduced affine group of finite type over an algebraically closed field, the sum
of the weight spaces of N in a representation V is a subcomodule of V.
Equations
- TauCeti.HopfIdeal.IsNormal.iSupWeightSpaceSubcomodule V hI = TauCeti.Subcomodule.ofEndOfPointStable (⨆ (χ : GroupLike k (H ⧸ I.toIdeal)), I.weightSpace V χ) ⋯
Instances For
The subrepresentation spanned by the weight spaces of a normal subgroup has the expected underlying subspace.
The weight-sum subrepresentation is spanned by its own subgroup weight spaces.