The represented F4 Chevalley algebra in characteristic two #
The integral short-root matrices give a representation of the type-F₄ Serre algebra after
base change to any commutative ring. This file constructs its image as a Lie subalgebra of the
algebra of 26-by-26 matrices. Over ZMod 2 it also isolates the Lie ideal generated by the raising
and lowering matrices at the two short simple roots.
An explicit description of this ideal and its quotient is used to construct the characteristic-two special isogeny.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.F4ShortRoot.serreRepresentationBaseChange: the representation after base change.TauCeti.F4ShortRoot.representedChevalleyAlgebra: its image in the matrix algebra.TauCeti.F4ShortRoot.shortRootIdeal: the ideal generated by the short simple root matrices in characteristic two.
Main results #
TauCeti.F4ShortRoot.representedChevalleyAlgebra_eq_lieSpan: the image is exactly the Lie subalgebra generated by the base-changed Chevalley matrices.TauCeti.F4ShortRoot.shortRootIdeal_le_iff: the universal property of the short-root ideal.TauCeti.F4ShortRoot.representedH_mem_shortRootIdeal: the short simple coroots belong to the ideal.
References #
- R. W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type, §§12.3 and 13.4.
- R. Steinberg, Endomorphisms of linear algebraic groups, Memoirs AMS 80 (1968), §11.
Base change of the represented generators #
The integral Cartan generator, with its entries mapped to R.
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The integral raising generator, with its entries mapped to R.
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The integral lowering generator, with its entries mapped to R.
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The base-changed matrices satisfy the type-F₄ Chevalley--Serre relations.
The twenty-six-dimensional representation of the type-F₄ Serre algebra over R
obtained by base change from the integral generator matrices.
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The represented Chevalley algebra #
The represented type-F₄ Chevalley algebra: the image of the base-changed Serre
representation in the algebra of 26-by-26 matrices.
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The represented Chevalley algebra is generated, as a Lie algebra, by the base-changed raising
and lowering matrices. The Cartan matrices need not be included because H_i = ⁅E_i, F_i⁆.
The represented Cartan generator as an element of the represented Chevalley algebra.
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The represented raising generator as an element of the represented Chevalley algebra.
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The represented lowering generator as an element of the represented Chevalley algebra.
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The short-root ideal in characteristic two #
The characteristic-two short-root ideal, generated by the positive and negative short simple root matrices. The short simple coroots are already forced into it by the Lie bracket.
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The universal property of the short-root ideal.
A represented raising matrix at a short simple root belongs to the short-root ideal.
A represented lowering matrix at a short simple root belongs to the short-root ideal.
The represented coroot at a short simple root belongs to the short-root ideal.
The short-root ideal is nonzero: it contains the nonzero raising matrix at short node 2.