Base change of the pinned Dynkin-type Lie algebra #
The pinned Lie algebra TauCeti.DynkinType.lieAlgebra is Geck's explicit matrix construction over
ℚ. This file extends the underlying pinned root system to an arbitrary characteristic-zero
domain K equipped with a rational algebra structure and identifies the resulting Geck Lie
algebra with K ⊗[ℚ] TauCeti.DynkinType.lieAlgebra t ht.
The comparison is explicit. Mathlib's matrix scalar-extension equivalence sends every numbered
matrix hᵢ, eᵢ, and fᵢ over ℚ to the matrix constructed from the scalar-extended root
system over K; because both Lie algebras are generated by those matrices, it restricts to the
required Lie equivalence. This makes Mathlib's algebraically-closed-field results about Geck's
construction available to descent arguments for the pinned rational carrier.
That descent is the gap the pinned carrier still has. Mathlib proves Geck's Lie algebra
semisimple only over an algebraically closed field, while the
SimplyConnectedRootDatum/LieAlgebra/Basic.lean module records that ℚ is not one. It therefore
leaves semisimplicity of TauCeti.DynkinType.lieAlgebra unclaimed;
TauCeti/LinearAlgebra/RootSystem/SimplyConnectedRootDatum/KostantForm.lean inherits the same
gap. Taking K to be an algebraic closure of ℚ turns those results into statements about
K ⊗[ℚ] TauCeti.DynkinType.lieAlgebra t ht, from which LieModule.traceForm_baseChange carries
the nondegenerate Killing form back to ℚ. The Chevalley ℤ-form is a lattice in that Lie
algebra, while the Kostant ℤ-form is an integral form in its universal enveloping algebra.
Thus this comparison is a prerequisite of the construction rather than a parallel to it: positive
characteristic enters only afterwards, when the resulting integral data is base changed along
ℤ → k.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.DynkinType.rootSystemBaseChange: the pinned rational root system extended toK.TauCeti.DynkinType.baseChangeBase: its Bourbaki-numbered base.TauCeti.DynkinType.lieAlgebraBaseChange: Geck's Lie algebra overKfor that base.TauCeti.DynkinType.lieAlgebraBaseChangeEquiv: the Lie equivalence from the scalar extension of the pinned rational Lie algebra.
References #
The matrix construction is M. Geck, On the construction of semisimple Lie algebras and Chevalley
groups, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 145 (2017), 3233--3247. This is a prerequisite for the explicit
Chevalley--Demazure construction in Layer 9 of TauCetiRoadmap/ReductiveGroups/README.md, consumed
by milestone L0 of TauCetiRoadmap/CFSGStatement/README.md.
The pinned rational root system of a Dynkin type, extended to a characteristic-zero domain.
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- t.rootSystemBaseChange ht K = TauCeti.rootPairingBaseChange K (t.rationalRootSystem ht) ⋯
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The pinned Bourbaki-numbered base after extending the rational root system to K.
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- t.baseChangeBase ht K = TauCeti.rootPairingBaseChangeBase K (t.rationalRootSystem ht) ⋯ (t.rationalBase ht)
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The support of the scalar-extended base is canonically the support of the rational base.
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- t.supportBaseChangeEquiv ht K = TauCeti.supportEquivRootPairingBaseChangeBase K (t.rationalRootSystem ht) ⋯ (t.rationalBase ht)
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The scalar-extended pinned base realizes the same Dynkin type and Bourbaki numbering.
The index equivalence identifying the matrix coordinates before and after scalar extension. The root indices are unchanged, and the two base supports have the same underlying indices.
Equations
- t.geckIndexBaseChangeEquiv ht K = (t.supportBaseChangeEquiv ht K).sumCongr (Equiv.refl (Fin t.numRoots))
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Geck's explicit matrix Lie algebra for the scalar-extended pinned root system.
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- t.lieAlgebraBaseChange ht K = RootPairing.GeckConstruction.lieAlgebra (t.baseChangeBase ht K)
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The Geck generators under base change #
The Cartan generators of Geck's construction commute with scalar extension.
The raising generators of Geck's construction commute with scalar extension.
The lowering generators of Geck's construction commute with scalar extension.
Restriction to the generated Lie algebras #
Scalar extension of the ambient rational matrix Lie algebra, followed by the canonical reindexing to the scalar-extended base support.
Equations
- t.ambientLieAlgebraBaseChangeEquiv ht K = (TauCeti.matrixBaseChangeLieEquiv (t.GeckIndex ht) ℚ K).trans (Matrix.reindexAlgEquiv K K (t.geckIndexBaseChangeEquiv ht K).symm).toLieEquiv
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The pinned Dynkin-type Lie algebra commutes with extension of scalars. For every
characteristic-zero rational algebra domain K, scalar extension of the rational pinned carrier
is canonically Lie equivalent to Geck's matrix construction on the scalar-extended pinned root
system.
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The base-change equivalence sends a pure tensor of a Cartan generator to the corresponding generator for the scalar-extended root system.
The base-change equivalence sends a pure tensor of a raising generator to the corresponding generator for the scalar-extended root system.
The base-change equivalence sends a pure tensor of a lowering generator to the corresponding generator for the scalar-extended root system.