Divided adjoint squares on the modular F₄ short-root ideal #
The second adjoint divided power is formed on the integral Chevalley lattice before reduction modulo two. This file identifies the reduced operator with the reductions of the integral divided-square matrices used in the pinned twenty-six-dimensional representation.
References #
- R. Steinberg, Endomorphisms of linear algebraic groups, Memoirs AMS 80 (1968), §11, for the special isogeny in characteristic two and its divided-power formulas.
- R. W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type, §§4.4 and 12.3, for the divided powers of the adjoint action on a Chevalley lattice.
- N. Bourbaki, Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, Chapters 4--6, Plate VIII, for the root coordinates and the simple-root numbering.
The integral divided square has the expected exceptional opposite-root column.
A rational divided-square zero column remains zero in the integral Chevalley lattice.
The second divided adjoint power after reduction modulo two.
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Reduction modulo two commutes with the integral divided square on pure tensors.
Modulo two, the exceptional opposite-root column has coefficient one.
A short-source second divided power carries a long root to another long root with unit coefficient after reduction modulo two.
A rational divided-square zero column remains zero after integral reduction.
Modulo two, every non-opposite short-root column of the divided square vanishes.
Modulo two, the divided square vanishes when the second root-string endpoint is absent.
The target coordinate in a divided-square matrix column.
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The integral coefficient in a divided-square matrix column.
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Each sparse divided-square matrix entry is its column coefficient at the target row.
The coefficient vanishes modulo two exactly off the opposite-root weight.
The divided-square coefficient vanishes modulo two for a long signed-simple source.
The divided-square matrix, viewed as an endomorphism of the canonical short-root ideal.
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The divided-square endomorphism is realized, in the canonical short-root basis, by the reduction modulo two of the integral divided-square matrix.
Each basis column of the divided-square endomorphism has the advertised sparse form.
The reduced ambient divided square and its matrix realization agree on every basis vector of the modular short-root ideal.
The reduced ambient divided square agrees with its matrix realization on every element of the modular short-root ideal.