The special length-exchanging map of the pinned type B₂ root datum #
In characteristic two, the Suzuki construction uses a special isogeny of the simply connected
group of type B₂. At the root-datum level its character-lattice map exchanges the two Bourbaki
nodes and multiplies in the long-root direction. In the fundamental-weight coordinates of
TauCeti.DynkinType.b2Root, that map is
A = !![0, 1; 2, 0].
This file computes the action of A on every root and of Aᵀ on every coroot. The induced root
permutation exchanges the two simple roots, the two other positive roots, and their negatives. The
rescaling exponent is the existing squared-length table TauCeti.DynkinType.b2Length: it is 1
on short roots and 2 on long roots. Applying the data twice multiplies both lattices by 2, and
the two exponents along each orbit multiply to 2.
These equations are the explicit B₂ input for the root-datum special-isogeny construction. They
do not yet construct a group-scheme morphism; Layer 9 of the reductive-groups roadmap requires that
later lift, together with its action on root subgroups, before the Suzuki--Ree lane can use it.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyMatrix: the character-lattice matrix.TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyTableIndex: the induced permutation of the coordinate-table indices.TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyIndexEquiv: the resulting permutation of the pinned datum's root indices.TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyExponent: the rescaling exponent on those indices.
Main results #
TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyMatrix_mulVec_rootandTauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyMatrix_transpose_mulVec_coroot: the equations on the pinned datum.TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyMatrix_mul_selfand its transpose counterpart: applying the lattice map twice is multiplication by2.TauCeti.DynkinType.det_b2SpecialIsogenyMatrix: the map has determinant-2, so it is an isogeny and not a lattice automorphism.TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyExponent_mul_exponent: the two rescaling exponents on an orbit multiply to the defining characteristic.TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyExponent_mul_pairing: the Cartan integers transform by the rule a special isogeny forces.
References #
The node numbering and coordinates follow Bourbaki, Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, Chapters 4--6,
Plate II. The special-isogeny equations follow R. Steinberg, Endomorphisms of Linear Algebraic
Groups, §11; the Suzuki convention is also described in R. W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie
Type, §§12.3--12.4. The exponent is 1 on long root subgroups and the characteristic on short
root subgroups when the group-scheme map is read contravariantly on its root datum. Here the
lattice map consequently rescales a root by its own squared length before exchanging its index.
The lattice map and the root permutation #
The character-lattice matrix of the special length-exchanging map of the pinned B₂ root
datum, in the fundamental-weight basis.
Equations
- TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyMatrix = !![0, 1; 2, 0]
Instances For
The explicit entries of the character-lattice special-isogeny matrix.
The permutation of the eight B₂ roots induced by TauCeti.DynkinType.b2SpecialIsogenyMatrix.
It exchanges long roots with short roots and commutes with root negation.
Instances For
The special root permutation commutes with passing to the negative root.
The special permutation on the native root indices of the pinned type B₂ datum. It is the
coordinate-table permutation conjugated by TauCeti.DynkinType.b2IndexEquiv.
Equations
Instances For
On a tabulated root, the native special permutation is the tabulated permutation.
Applying the special permutation twice fixes every native root index.
On the pinned simple-root indices, the special permutation is the rank-two length permutation.
The exponent of the special map on the native root indices of the pinned type B₂ datum.
Equations
Instances For
On a tabulated root, the special exponent is its squared length.
Every exponent of the special map is positive.
Action on the pinned root datum #
The special matrix carries every root of the pinned datum to its indexed image with the prescribed exponent.
The transposed special matrix satisfies the contragredient equation on every coroot of the pinned datum.
The square of the character-lattice special matrix is twice the identity matrix.
The square of the cocharacter-lattice special matrix is twice the identity matrix.
Applying the character-lattice special map twice is multiplication by the characteristic
2. This is not a simp lemma: on Fin 2 the simp set unfolds *ᵥ entrywise through
Matrix.mulVec_fin_two, so the left-hand side is not in normal form.
Applying the cocharacter-lattice special map twice is multiplication by the characteristic
2. As for the character-lattice statement, this is not a simp lemma.
The square relation for the character-lattice map, as an equality of linear maps.
The square relation for the cocharacter-lattice map, as an equality of linear maps.
The special map is an isogeny and not an automorphism of the character lattice: its
determinant is -2, of absolute value the characteristic.
Length and exponent conventions #
The exponents at a native root index and its image multiply to the characteristic 2.
Every rescaling exponent of the special map is either 1 or the characteristic 2.
The special permutation exchanges long roots with short ones.
The special permutation sends a short root to a long root.
The Cartan integers transform by the rule a special isogeny forces. Writing α' for the
image of a root α under the special permutation, pairing the root equation against the coroot
equation gives ℓ(α) ⟨α', β'∨⟩ = ℓ(β) ⟨α, β∨⟩.
On a pinned simple-root index, the special exponent is its normalised squared length.
At a pinned simple-root index, the special exponent is 1 exactly on a short node.