Strong Integrality of Inversion Subgroups of Kac-Moody Groups

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Abstract

Let A be a symmetrizable generalized Cartan matrix with corresponding Kac-Moody algebra g over ℚ. Let V = V λ be an integrable highest weight g -module with dominant regular integral weight λ and representation ρ : g → End(V ), and let V = Vλ be a ℤ -form of V . Let GV (ℚ) be the associated minimal Kac-Moody group generated by the automorphisms exp(tρ(ei)) and exp(tρ(fi)) of V , where ei and fi are the Chevalley-Serre generators and t ∈ ℚ. Let G(ℤ) be the group generated by exp(tρ(ei)) and exp(tρ(fi)) for t ∈ ℤ. Let Γ(ℤ) be the Chevalley subgroup of GV (ℚ), that is, the subgroup that stabilizes the lattice V in V . For a subgroup M of GV (ℚ), we say that M is integral if M ∩ G(ℤ) = M ∩ Γ(ℤ) and that M is strongly integral if there exists v ∈ V such that g · v ∈ V implies g ∈ G(ℤ) for all g ∈ M . We prove strong integrality of inversion subgroups U(w) of GV (ℚ) for w in the Weyl group, where U(w) is the group generated by positive real root groups that are flipped to negative root groups by w1 . We use this to prove strong integrality of subgroups of the unipotent subgroup U of GV (ℚ) that are generated by commuting real root groups. When A has rank 2, this gives strong integrality of subgroups U1 and U2 where U = U1∗ U2 and each Ui is generated by ‘half’ the positive real roots.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)453-468
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Lie Theory
Volume34
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Algebra and Number Theory

Keywords

  • Chevalley groups
  • Kac-Moody groups
  • integrality

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