The Borel-type subgroup attached to a set of Kostant root subgroups #
Let U_ℤ = kostantForm e h act on a rational representation V preserving an additive subgroup
M ≤ V with a weight basis b, so that the split torus T(A) = 𝔾ₘ^κ(A) acts diagonally on
A ⊗[ℤ] M and each designated root vector eᵢ acts nilpotently. For a set S of root indices,
B_S(A) = U_S(A) ⬝ T(A) ≤ Aut_A(A ⊗[ℤ] M)
is the subgroup generated by the split torus together with the Kostant root subgroups indexed by
S. When S is a positive system of a Chevalley system this is the Borel-type solvable subgroup
of points out of which the Borel datum of a pinning of the Chevalley--Demazure group is built:
the torus, a group of points containing it, and the root vectors.
Three properties are proved. They are what separates B_S from an arbitrary join, though none of
them is the maximality that would make B_S a Borel subgroup on the nose. First, the torus
normalizes U_S, by the pinning equation
t(s) xᵢ(u) t(s)⁻¹ = xᵢ(α(s) u) of
TauCeti.Algebra.Lie.UniversalEnveloping.Kostant.RootSubgroup.Torus.Basic; so U_S is normal in
B_S for every index set S, with no closure hypothesis on S. Second, the commutator subgroup
of
B_S lies in U_S: modulo U_S the group is generated by the image of the abelian group
κ → Aˣ. Third, B_S is solvable as soon as U_S is, which by
isNilpotent_kostantSubsystemSubgroup holds whenever the indices of S carry a bounded height
that every nonzero bracket strictly raises — the situation of a positive system in the simply-laced
case. Finally the construction is functorial by inclusion: scalar extension along a morphism of
value rings A ⟶ B carries B_S(A) into B_S(B), an inclusion that is in general strict, since
B_S(B) also contains the points built from parameters outside the image of A.
Nothing here divides by a factorial, so every statement holds over a value ring of any
characteristic; and nothing here asserts that B_S is maximal among solvable subgroups, which
is a geometric statement about the group scheme rather than about its points.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.kostantTorusSubsystemSubgroup: the subgroupB_S(A)generated by the split torus and the Kostant root subgroups indexed byS.
Main results #
TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.map_kostantSubsystemSubgroup_conj_kostantTorusPoints: a torus point normalizesU_S(A).kostantSubsystemSubgroup_normal_subgroupOf_kostantTorusSubsystemSubgroup:U_S(A)is normal inB_S(A).TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.commutator_kostantTorusSubsystemSubgroup_le: the derived subgroup ofB_S(A)lies inU_S(A).TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.isSolvable_kostantTorusSubsystemSubgroup:B_S(A)is solvable under the height grading that makesU_S(A)nilpotent.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.map_kostantTorusSubsystemSubgroup_le: scalar extension along a morphism of value rings carriesB_S(A)intoB_S(B).
References #
- R. W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type, §§8.2 and 8.5.
- J. E. Humphreys, Linear Algebraic Groups, §§26--28.
- J. C. Jantzen, Representations of Algebraic Groups, II.1.
The torus normalizes a subsystem subgroup #
The torus normalizes every subsystem subgroup. Conjugation by a torus point carries the
root-subgroup element xᵢ(t) to xᵢ(α(s) t), an element of the same root subgroup, so it
preserves the subgroup generated by any set of them.
No hypothesis on S is needed: unlike conjugation by a root subgroup, conjugation by the torus
does not move the index. The case S = Set.univ is
map_kostantElementarySubgroup_conj_kostantTorusPoints.
A torus point lies in the normalizer of every subsystem subgroup.
The subgroup generated by the torus and a set of root subgroups #
The subgroup of Aut_A(A ⊗[ℤ] M) generated by the split torus and the Kostant root subgroups
indexed by a set S of root indices. For suitable positive systems it supplies the group of
points underlying the Borel datum of a pinning; maximality among solvable subgroups is not asserted
here.
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Instances For
The Borel-type subgroup is the join of the subsystem subgroup and the torus.
The subsystem subgroup is contained in the Borel-type subgroup attached to the same index set.
A root-subgroup element with index in S lies in the Borel-type subgroup.
Every torus point lies in the Borel-type subgroup.
Elimination principle. A subgroup contains B_S(A) exactly when it contains every torus
point and every root-subgroup element indexed by S.
The Borel-type subgroup grows with the index set.
With no root subgroups adjoined, the Borel-type subgroup is the torus.
With every root subgroup adjoined, the Borel-type subgroup is generated by the elementary group and the torus.
The subsystem subgroup is normal, with abelian quotient #
The Borel-type subgroup normalizes its subsystem subgroup: the torus does by the pinning equation, and the subsystem subgroup normalizes itself.
The root-generated subsystem subgroup is normal in the Borel-type subgroup.
The derived subgroup of the Borel-type subgroup lies in the subsystem subgroup. Modulo
U_S(A) the group B_S(A) is generated by the image of the abelian group κ → Aˣ of torus
points, so its commutator subgroup already lies in U_S(A).
Only the normalizing property of the torus is used, so this holds for an arbitrary index set S;
the commutator relations among the root subgroups are not needed.
Solvability #
The Borel-type subgroup is solvable whenever its subsystem subgroup is. The quotient by
the subsystem subgroup is abelian by commutator_kostantTorusSubsystemSubgroup_le.
The Borel-type subgroup of a graded closed set of roots is solvable. Under the hypotheses
that make U_S(A) nilpotent — every index of S has bounded height, and a nonzero bracket of two
root vectors indexed in S is an integer multiple of a third root vector, indexed in S, of
strictly larger height and central for both — the subgroup generated by the split torus and the
root subgroups indexed by S is solvable over every value ring.
For a simply-laced Chevalley system and S the positive roots this is the solvability of the
Borel-type subgroup of points underlying the Borel datum of the pinning.
Change of value ring #
Change of value ring. Scalar extension along a morphism of value rings carries the
Borel-type subgroup attached to an index set into the Borel-type subgroup attached to the same
index set. This is functoriality by inclusion, not by equality: already for the torus part the
image lands in the points whose parameters come from A, so the inclusion is in general strict.