Differentials of symplectic root subgroups #
The differential of each represented root map ๐พโ โ Spโโ sends an additive
tangent parameter to the corresponding single matrix unit (long roots) or signed
pair of matrix units (short roots). This identifies its image with the line spanned
by its normalized unit tangent vector, and proves injectivity over arbitrary
commutative coefficient algebras, including nonreduced rings and characteristic two.
These are the Lie vectors used to normalize the type-C root subgroups in a pinning.
The coordinate calculation uses Symplectic.rootSubgroupCoordinateMap_apply_X,
the quotient tangent map, and Symplectic.tangentLieEquivSp. Its organization follows
SpecialLinear.Root.Differential, with all five symplectic root families treated
uniformly through GLSymplecticFin.RootSubgroupIndex.tangentMatrix.
References #
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Groups (2017), ยงยง21 and 24.6.
- R. W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type (1972), ยง11.3.
The represented root-subgroup differential has the standard normalized symplectic matrix: a single entry for a long root and a signed pair for a short root.
Every root-subgroup differential is injective over every commutative coefficient algebra.
The normalized root vector is the image of the additive unit tangent vector under the represented root-subgroup differential.
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The matrix of the normalized root vector has parameter one.
The differential sends a tangent parameter to that scalar times the normalized root vector.
The image of a root-subgroup differential is exactly its normalized root line.
The normalized root vector is nonzero whenever the coefficient algebra is nontrivial.