The dynamic parabolic, unipotent and Levi subgroups of a cocharacter #
Let H be a Hopf algebra over R, so that Spec H is an affine group scheme G, and let
l : H โโc[R] R[T;Tโปยน] be a cocharacter, that is, a homomorphism of group schemes ๐พโ โ G
written contravariantly on coordinate rings. The dynamic method attaches to l three subgroups
of the convolution group G(A) = H โโ[R] A of A-points, for every commutative R-algebra A,
using only limits of one-parameter conjugation and no root data:
- the parabolic
P(l)(A): the pointsgfor whicht โฆ l(t) ยท g ยท l(t)โปยนextends overt = 0; - the Levi
Z(l)(A): the points centralized byl; - the unipotent subgroup
U(l)(A): the points whose limit att = 0is the identity.
Everything is phrased on the functor of points, which is where these conditions are honest: the
conjugate of g by the generic point l(T) is a point of G with values in the Laurent
polynomial ring A[T;Tโปยน], and g lies in P(l)(A) exactly when that conjugate lies in the
image of the points with values in A[X]. Since A[X] โ A[T;Tโปยน] is injective the extension is
unique, so extending and then evaluating at X = 0 is a group homomorphism
limit : P(l)(A) โ G(A), whose kernel is U(l)(A).
The main theorem is the Levi decomposition on points: limit takes values in Z(l)(A) and
restricts to the identity there, so it is a retraction of P(l)(A) onto Z(l)(A). Consequently
U(l)(A) and Z(l)(A) generate P(l)(A), meet trivially, and the resulting factorization is
unique; U(l)(A) is moreover normalized by P(l)(A). That limit g is centralized by l is
the generic identity l(T) ยท F(X) ยท l(T)โปยน = F(T ยท X) over A[X][T;Tโปยน], proved by comparing
two substitutions inside A[T;Tโปยน][T';T'โปยน], where the cocycle relation
l(T ยท T') = l(T) ยท l(T') is available; specializing that identity at X = 0 gives the
statement.
All three subgroups are preserved by change of value algebra, so they are subgroup functors of
the functor of points, and limit is natural. Representability of these subfunctors by closed
subschemes is not addressed here. For a commutative affine group the whole construction
degenerates: P(l) and Z(l) are everything and U(l) is trivial.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.Cocharacter.pointsHom: a cocharacter read on points,๐พโ(A) = Aหฃ โ G(A).TauCeti.Cocharacter.conjugate: conjugation by the generic pointl(T).TauCeti.Cocharacter.parabolic,TauCeti.Cocharacter.leviandTauCeti.Cocharacter.unipotent: the three dynamic subgroups.TauCeti.Cocharacter.limit: the limit homomorphismP(l)(A) โ G(A).TauCeti.Cocharacter.limit_of_mem_leviandTauCeti.Cocharacter.limit_mem_levi: the limit is a retraction of the dynamic parabolic onto its Levi subgroup.TauCeti.Cocharacter.unipotent_sup_levi,TauCeti.Cocharacter.unipotent_inf_levi,TauCeti.Cocharacter.conj_mem_unipotentandTauCeti.Cocharacter.eq_of_unipotent_mul_levi_eq: the Levi decomposition.TauCeti.Cocharacter.parabolic_le_comap,TauCeti.Cocharacter.levi_le_comapandTauCeti.Cocharacter.unipotent_le_comap: the three subgroups are subgroup functors.
References #
- G. R. Kempf, Instability in invariant theory, Annals of Mathematics 108 (1978), ยง2.
- B. Conrad, O. Gabber, G. Prasad, Pseudo-reductive Groups, ยง2.1.
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Groups (2017), Chapter 13.
This is the "dynamic" route to parabolic, Levi and unipotent subgroups asked for in Layer 7, "Structure theory", of the ReductiveGroups roadmap, which keeps it as a parallel route that avoids full root data.
Auxiliary lemmas #
Points over the line and the punctured line #
The constant-point inclusion G(A) โ G(A[T;Tโปยน]), pullback of points along the structure
map A โ A[T;Tโปยน].
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The constant-point inclusion G(A) โ G(A[X]), pullback of points along A โ A[X].
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The inclusion G(A[X]) โ G(A[T;Tโปยน]) of points over the affine line into points over the
punctured affine line, pullback along Polynomial.toLaurent.
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Evaluation at the origin, G(A[X]) โ G(A).
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The constant-point inclusion post-composes a point with the structure map A โ A[T;Tโปยน].
The constant-point inclusion post-composes a point with the structure map A โ A[X].
The inclusion of points over the affine line post-composes with Polynomial.toLaurent.
Evaluation at the origin post-composes a point over A[X] with X โฆ 0.
A point over A[X] is determined by the point over A[T;Tโปยน] that it induces.
A constant point over A[X] induces the constant point over A[T;Tโปยน].
A constant point over A[X] evaluates at the origin to the point it came from.
The generic point of a cocharacter and conjugation by it #
A cocharacter on points: the group homomorphism ๐พโ(A) = Aหฃ โ G(A) obtained from a
cocharacter l : ๐พโ โ G, presented contravariantly as a bialgebra homomorphism
H โโc[R] R[T;Tโปยน].
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A cocharacter sends a unit to the corresponding ๐พโ-point precomposed with l.
Values of a cocharacter commute with one another: they lie in the image of the commutative
group ๐พโ(A).
The point l(T) of the affine group Spec H with values in A[T;Tโปยน]: the cocharacter l
evaluated at the tautological point T of the multiplicative group.
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The generic point is the value of the cocharacter at the generic unit T.
Conjugation by the generic point of a cocharacter: the group homomorphism
G(A) โ G(A[T;Tโปยน]) sending an A-point g to l(T) ยท g ยท l(T)โปยน.
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Conjugation by the generic point acts as g โฆ l(T) ยท g ยท l(T)โปยน.
Naturality in the value algebra #
Change of value algebra commutes with change of source Hopf algebra on points.
A cocharacter, read on points, is natural in the value algebra.
The induced map on Laurent coefficient algebras fixes the Laurent variable.
The constant-point inclusion is natural in the value algebra.
The generic point of a cocharacter is natural in the value algebra.
Conjugation by the generic point, pushed forward along an arbitrary homomorphism ฯ out of
A[T;Tโปยน]: it becomes conjugation by the value of the cocharacter at the image of T.
Conjugation by the generic point is natural in the value algebra.
The dynamic parabolic and its limit homomorphism #
The dynamic parabolic subgroup P(l)(A): the A-points g of the affine group such
that the conjugate l(T) ยท g ยท l(T)โปยน extends over the origin, that is, lies in the image of
the A[X]-points. Geometrically, these are the points for which lim_{t โ 0} l(t) g l(t)โปยน
exists.
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Membership in the dynamic parabolic is the existence of an extension over the origin.
An extension over the origin exhibits membership in the dynamic parabolic.
The unique A[X]-point extending the conjugate of a point of the dynamic parabolic.
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The chosen extension does induce the conjugate it extends.
The extension over the origin is unique.
The limit homomorphism P(l)(A) โ G(A), g โฆ lim_{t โ 0} l(t) g l(t)โปยน. It is a group
homomorphism because it is the composite of two group homomorphisms: extension over the origin
and evaluation there.
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The limit is the extension over the origin, evaluated there.
The Levi and unipotent parts #
The dynamic Levi subgroup Z(l)(A): the A-points centralized by the cocharacter, that
is, those fixed by conjugation by the generic point l(T).
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Membership in the Levi subgroup means being fixed by conjugation by l(T).
The Levi subgroup is contained in the dynamic parabolic: a fixed point extends by a constant.
The extension of a point of the Levi subgroup is the constant point.
The limit homomorphism restricts to the identity on the Levi subgroup: it is a retraction of the dynamic parabolic onto its Levi part.
The dynamic unipotent subgroup U(l)(A): the points of the dynamic parabolic whose limit
is the identity. It is the kernel of the limit homomorphism, hence normal in P(l)(A).
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Membership in the dynamic unipotent subgroup means lying in the parabolic with trivial limit.
The dynamic unipotent subgroup is contained in the dynamic parabolic.
The dynamic unipotent subgroup meets the Levi subgroup trivially.
Cocharacter values, and the commutative case #
The values of the cocharacter lie in its own Levi subgroup. They commute with the generic point because the multiplicative group is commutative.
For a commutative affine group every point is fixed by conjugation, so the dynamic Levi subgroup attached to any cocharacter is everything.
For a commutative affine group the dynamic parabolic attached to any cocharacter is everything.
For a commutative affine group the dynamic unipotent subgroup attached to any cocharacter is trivial.
Functoriality of the dynamic subgroups in the value algebra #
The inclusion of points over the affine line is natural in the value algebra.
Evaluation at the origin is natural in the value algebra.
The dynamic parabolic is a subgroup functor: it is preserved by change of value algebra.
The Levi subgroup is preserved by change of value algebra.
The extension over the origin is natural in the value algebra.
The limit homomorphism is natural in the value algebra.
The unipotent subgroup is preserved by change of value algebra.
The limit lies in the Levi subgroup #
The limit of a point of the dynamic parabolic lies in the Levi subgroup. Together with
limit_of_mem_levi this exhibits the limit homomorphism as a retraction of the dynamic parabolic
onto its Levi subgroup.
The Levi decomposition of the dynamic parabolic #
Dividing a point of the dynamic parabolic by its limit lands in the unipotent part.
The dynamic Levi decomposition, on points: every point of the dynamic parabolic is a point of its unipotent part times a point of its Levi part.
The unipotent part and the Levi part generate the dynamic parabolic.
The dynamic unipotent subgroup is normalized by the dynamic parabolic: it is the kernel of a homomorphism defined on the parabolic.
The Levi decomposition of a point of the dynamic parabolic is unique.