Geometry of the standard Borel subgroup of SL₂ #
The upper-triangular determinant-one subgroup of SL₂ is smooth, geometrically connected, and
geometrically solvable. Its coordinate algebra has the explicit presentation
R[T, T⁻¹][X],
where T is the upper-left diagonal entry and X is the upper-right entry. This presentation
also makes geometric connectedness transparent: after extending a field, the coordinate ring
remains a polynomial ring over a Laurent polynomial domain.
Smoothness is the rank-two case of smoothness of the upper-triangular subgroup of SLₙ, which
follows from the infinitesimal lifting property for upper-triangular determinant-one matrices
across nilpotent quotients.
The subgroup here is the rank-two upper-triangular subgroup of SLₙ
(TauCeti.SpecialLinear.Borel.definingHopfIdeal_eq_upperTriangular_definingHopfIdeal). That it is
a Borel subgroup, and that the Borel subgroups are its conjugates, is proved in every rank in
TauCeti.Algebra.AlgebraicGroup.SpecialLinear.UpperTriangular.Borel.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.SpecialLinear.Borel.coordinateAlgEquiv: the presentation of the coordinate algebra asR[T, T⁻¹][X].TauCeti.SpecialLinear.Borel.smoothCommHopfAlgProperty_coordinateHopfAlgebra: smoothness.TauCeti.SpecialLinear.Borel.geometricallyConnectedCommHopfAlgProperty_coordinateHopfAlgebra: geometric connectedness.TauCeti.SpecialLinear.Borel. geometricallySolvablePointsCommHopfAlgProperty_coordinateHopfAlgebra: solvability of geometric points.
References #
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Groups (2017), Chapters 12 and 21.
- T. A. Springer, Linear Algebraic Groups, Sections 6.2--6.3.
Polynomial-Laurent presentation #
The tautological point of the standard Borel in its own coordinate algebra.
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The upper-left diagonal coordinate of the standard SL₂ Borel, bundled as a unit.
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The upper-right coordinate of the standard SL₂ Borel.
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Polynomial-Laurent coordinates on the standard SL₂ Borel. Its coordinate algebra is
R[T, T⁻¹][X]: T records the upper-left diagonal unit and X records the free upper-right
entry.
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The coordinate equivalence sends the diagonal unit to the Laurent generator.
The coordinate equivalence sends the upper-right coordinate to the polynomial generator.
The inverse coordinate equivalence sends the Laurent generator to the diagonal unit.
The inverse coordinate equivalence sends the polynomial generator to the upper-right coordinate.
Base change #
Base change of the standard SL₂ Borel coordinate Hopf algebra is canonically the same
coordinate Hopf algebra constructed over the new base.
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The standard SL₂ Borel coordinate Hopf algebra is geometrically connected. After
every field extension its coordinate ring is a polynomial ring over a Laurent polynomial domain.
The coordinate algebra of the upper-triangular determinant-one subgroup of SL₂ is smooth
over every commutative base ring, as the rank-two case of the upper-triangular subgroup of
SLₙ.
The standard Borel coordinate algebra is smooth over a field.
The standard SL₂ Borel has a solvable group of geometric points.