We give upper bounds for the number of irreducible representations of dimension at most n for a compact semisimple Lie group. In particular, we prove that there are at most n irreducible representations of dimension at most n for a simple compact Lie group. We use this prove that the number of conjugacy classes of maximal subgroups of a compact simple Lie group is O(r) where r is the Lie rank. We also give a short proof that the dimensions of the weight spaces of a maximal torus are small relative to the dimension of an irreducible module.
The paper studies the minimum polynomial degrees of $p$-elements in cross-characteristic representations of simple groups of exceptional Lie type whose BN-pair rank is at most 2. Specifically, we prove that the degree in question equals the order of the element.
We characterize finite-dimensional thick representations over ${\Bbb C}$ of connected complex semi-simple Lie groups by irreducible representations which are weight multiplicity-free and whose weight posets are totally ordered sets. Moreover, using this characterization, we give the classification of thick representations over ${\Bbb C}$ of connected complex simple Lie groups.
We use the language of Lie pseudoalgebras to gain information about the representation theory of the simple infinite-dimensional linearly compact Lie superalgebra of exceptional type $E(5,10)$. This technology allows us to prove that the degree of singular vectors in minimal Verma modules is $\leq 14$. A few technical adjustments allow us to refine the bound, proving that the degree must always be $\leq 12$ and it is actually, except for a finite number of cases, $\leq 10$.
For any prime $p$ and $S$ a $p$-group isomorphic to a Sylow $p$-subgroup of a rank $2$ simple group of Lie type in characteristic $p$, we determine all saturated fusion systems supported on $S$ up to isomorphism.
Let $(\mathfrak{g},[p])$ be a restricted Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p\!\ge \!3$. Motivated by the behavior of geometric invariants of the so-called $(\mathfrak{g},[p])$-modules of constant $j$-rank ($j \in \{1,\ldots,p\!-\!1\}$), we study the projective variety $\mathbb{E}(2,\mathfrak{g})$ of two-dimensional elementary abelian subalgebras. If $p\!\ge\!5$, then the topological space $\mathbb{E}(2,\mathfrak{g}/C(\mathfrak{g}))$, associated to the factor algebra of $\mathfrak{g}$ by its center $C(\mathfrak{g})$, is shown to be connected. We give applicat…
In this paper, the correspondence between the finite dimensional representations of a simple Lie algebra and their characteristic polynomials is established, and a monoid structure on these characteristic polynomials is constructed. Furthermore, the characteristic polynomials of sl(2, C) on some classical simple Lie algebras through adjoint representations are studied, and we present some results of Borel subalgebras and parabolic subalgebras of simple Lie algebras through characteristic polynomials.
In a previous paper by the authors, we obtain the first example of a finitely freely generated simple $\mathbb Z$-graded Lie conformal algebra of linear growth that cannot be embedded into any general Lie conformal algebra. In this paper, we obtain, as a byproduct, another class of such Lie conformal algebras by classifying $\mathbb Z$-graded simple Lie conformal algebras ${\cal G}=\oplus_{i=-1}^\infty{\cal G}_i$ satisfying the following, (1) ${\cal G}_0\cong{\rm Vir}$, the Virasoro conformal algebra; (2) Each ${\cal G}_i$ for $i\ge-1$ is a ${\rm Vir}$-module of rank one. These algebras includ…
The standard way to compute the structure constants of semi-simple Lie algebras involves the additive structure of the roots. In earlier work, I described how ideas of Jacques Tits could be applied to do this by using the structure of the Weyl group. In this work, I explain how to combine some of the earlier ideas with some suggestions of Kottwitz to present a very simple algorithm which comes close to constructing a canonical basis of the Lie algebra. Unfortunately, unlike previous methods, it does not work for arbitrary Kac-Moody algebra.
In this article, we are interested in some subspaces of the exterior algebra of a simple Lie algebra g. In particular, we prove that some graded subspaces of degree d generate the g-module d (g) for some integers d.
Any graded restricted simple Lie algebra of Cartan type contains a subalgebra isomorphic to the Witt algebra over a field of prime characteristic. As some analogue of study on branching rules for restricted non-classical Lie algebras, it is shown that each graded restricted simple Lie algebra of Cartan type can be decomposed into a direct sum of restricted baby Verma modules and simple modules as an adjoint module over the Witt algebra. In particular, the composition factors are precisely determined.
