Chevalley commutator relations for Kostant root subgroups #
Let U_ℤ = kostantForm e h act on a rational vector space V through ρ, let M ≤ V be a
U_ℤ-stable additive subgroup, and let eᵢ, eⱼ, eₖ be distinguished root vectors with
nilpotent images. If
⁅eᵢ, eⱼ⁆ = c • eₖ, ⁅eᵢ, eₖ⁆ = 0, ⁅eⱼ, eₖ⁆ = 0
for an integer c — the situation of two roots α, β with α + β a root but neither
2α + β nor α + 2β a root, c being the Chevalley structure constant N_{α β} — then the
root subgroups on the points of M ⊗ A satisfy the Chevalley commutator relation
x_α(t) x_β(u) x_α(t)⁻¹ = x_β(u) x_{α+β}(c t u).
This is the case of the Chevalley commutator formula in which only one further root subgroup
occurs; in a simply-laced root system every pair of non-proportional roots falls under it or under
the commuting case. The relation holds over every commutative ring A, with no factorial
inverted, because it descends from the coefficient-one normal-ordering rule for divided powers.
The multiply-laced types B, C, and F₄ also produce pairs α, β for which 2α + β
is a root. There the second bracket no longer vanishes: instead
⁅eᵢ, eⱼ⁆ = c • eₖ, ⁅eᵢ, ⁅eᵢ, eⱼ⁆⁆ = (2 * d) • e_l, ⁅eᵢ, e_l⁆ = ⁅eⱼ, eₖ⁆ = ⁅eₖ, e_l⁆ = 0,
the factor 2 being what makes (ad eᵢ)² eⱼ / 2 integral, and the relation acquires one more
factor:
x_α(t) x_β(u) x_α(t)⁻¹ = x_β(u) x_{α+β}(c t u) x_{2α+β}(d t² u).
Type G₂ additionally needs the longer chain with factors at 3α + β and 3α + 2β; its
transport to Kostant root subgroups is in
TauCeti.Algebra.Lie.UniversalEnveloping.Kostant.RootSubgroup.Commutator.G2.Basic.
The general statements about integral nilpotent exponentials are
TauCeti.baseChangeExp_mul_baseChangeExp_of_commutator_eq and
TauCeti.baseChangeExp_mul_baseChangeExp_of_commutator_eq_two_nsmul; this file only supplies the
Lie-theoretic hypotheses and transports the identities to the root subgroups in
LinearMap.GeneralLinearGroup.
Main results #
TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.commute_kostantRootSubgroupPoints: root subgroups of commuting root vectors commute.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.kostantRootSubgroupPoints_mul_of_lie_eq: the Chevalley commutator relation, for any𝔾ₐ-point carrying the parameterc * t * u.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.kostantRootSubgroupPoints_mul_of_lie_eq': the same relation with that point written out.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.kostantRootSubgroupPoints_conj_of_lie_eq: its conjugation form.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.kostantRootSubgroupPoints_conj_of_lie_eq': the conjugation form with that point written out.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.commutatorElement_kostantRootSubgroupPoints_of_lie_eq: the element-commutator form.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.commutatorElement_kostantRootSubgroupPoints_of_lie_eq': the element-commutator form with the third point written out.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.kostantRootSubgroupPoints_mul_of_lie_lie_eq: the Chevalley commutator relation for the chainβ,α + β,2α + β, for𝔾ₐ-points carrying the parametersc * t * uandd * t² * u.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.kostantRootSubgroupPoints_mul_of_lie_lie_eq': the same relation with those points written out.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.kostantRootSubgroupPoints_conj_of_lie_lie_eq: its conjugation form.TauCeti.UniversalEnvelopingAlgebra.kostantRootSubgroupPoints_conj_of_lie_lie_eq': the conjugation form with those points written out.
References #
- J. E. Humphreys, Introduction to Lie Algebras and Representation Theory, §§26--27.
- R. W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type, Theorem 5.2.2.
- J. C. Jantzen, Representations of Algebraic Groups, II.1.
A Kostant-stable lattice is stable under the divided powers of every integral multiple of a distinguished root vector.
The degenerate Chevalley commutator relation for Kostant root subgroups. Root subgroups attached to commuting root vectors commute. For a root system this is the case of two roots whose sum is not a root and which are not opposite.
The Chevalley commutator relation for Kostant root subgroups. Suppose the distinguished
root vectors satisfy ⁅eᵢ, eⱼ⁆ = c • eₖ with eₖ central for both, and let w be any
𝔾ₐ-point whose parameter is c times the product of the parameters of f and g. Then
xᵢ(f) xⱼ(g) = xⱼ(g) xₖ(w) xᵢ(f).
The hypotheses are exactly the class-two case of the Chevalley commutator formula: α + β is a
root, while 2α + β and α + 2β are not.
The Chevalley commutator relation with the third 𝔾ₐ-point written out: it is the point whose
parameter is c times the product of the parameters of f and g.
The conjugation form of the Chevalley commutator relation: conjugating the root subgroup of
eⱼ by the root subgroup of eᵢ multiplies it by the root subgroup of eₖ, at the parameter
c * t * u.
The conjugation form of the Chevalley commutator relation with the third 𝔾ₐ-point written
out: it is the point whose parameter is c times the product of the parameters of f and g.
The canonical class-two Chevalley commutator relation for Kostant root-subgroup
actions. Suppose ⁅eᵢ, eⱼ⁆ = c • eₖ, with eₖ commuting with eᵢ and eⱼ, and let z
have additive parameter c times the product of the parameters of f and g. Then
⁅xᵢ(f), xⱼ(g)⁆ = xₖ(z).
The canonical class-two Chevalley commutator relation with the third 𝔾ₐ-point written
out at parameter c times the product of the parameters of f and g.
The Chevalley commutator relation for Kostant root subgroups along the chain
β, α + β, 2α + β. Suppose the distinguished root vectors satisfy
⁅eᵢ, eⱼ⁆ = c • eₖ, ⁅eᵢ, ⁅eᵢ, eⱼ⁆⁆ = (2 * d) • e_l,
with ⁅eᵢ, e_l⁆ = ⁅eⱼ, eₖ⁆ = ⁅eₖ, e_l⁆ = 0, and let p, q be 𝔾ₐ-points whose parameters are
c t u and d t² u, where t and u are the parameters of f and g. Then
xᵢ(f) xⱼ(g) = xⱼ(g) xₖ(p) x_l(q) xᵢ(f).
These hypotheses are the case of the Chevalley commutator formula in which the roots
i α + j β with i, j > 0 are exactly α + β and 2 α + β; the factor 2 in the second bracket
records that the integral element of the Kostant form is (ad eᵢ)² eⱼ / 2.
The Chevalley commutator relation for the chain β, α + β, 2α + β, with the two extra
𝔾ₐ-points written out: their parameters are c t u and d t² u.
The conjugation form of the Chevalley commutator relation for the chain
β, α + β, 2α + β:
conjugating the root subgroup of eⱼ by that of eᵢ multiplies it by the root subgroups of eₖ
and of e_l, at the parameters c t u and d t² u.
The conjugation form of the Chevalley commutator relation for the chain
β, α + β, 2α + β,
with the two extra 𝔾ₐ-points written out.