Weight spaces of Lie modules of nilpotent Lie algebras #
Just as a key tool when studying the behaviour of a linear operator is to decompose the space on
which it acts into a sum of (generalised) eigenspaces, a key tool when studying a representation M
of Lie algebra L is to decompose M into a sum of simultaneous eigenspaces of x as x ranges
over L. These simultaneous generalised eigenspaces are known as the weight spaces of M.
When L is nilpotent, it follows from the binomial theorem that weight spaces are Lie submodules.
Basic definitions and properties of the above ideas are provided in this file.
Main definitions #
LieModule.genWeightSpaceOfLieModule.genWeightSpaceLieModule.WeightLieModule.posFittingCompOfLieModule.posFittingCompLieModule.iSup_ucs_eq_genWeightSpace_zeroLieModule.iInf_lowerCentralSeries_eq_posFittingCompLieModule.isCompl_genWeightSpace_zero_posFittingCompLieModule.iSupIndep_genWeightSpaceLieModule.iSup_genWeightSpace_eq_top
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lie character, eigenvalue, eigenspace, weight, weight vector, root, root vector
If M is a representation of a Lie algebra L and χ : L → R is a family of scalars,
then weightSpace M χ is the intersection of the χ x-eigenspaces
of the action of x on M as x ranges over L.
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See also bourbaki1975b Chapter VII §1.1, Proposition 2 (ii).
If M is a representation of a nilpotent Lie algebra L, χ is a scalar, and x : L, then
genWeightSpaceOf M χ x is the maximal generalized χ-eigenspace of the action of x on M.
It is a Lie submodule because L is nilpotent.
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If M is a representation of a nilpotent Lie algebra L
and χ : L → R is a family of scalars,
then genWeightSpace M χ is the intersection of the maximal generalized χ x-eigenspaces
of the action of x on M as x ranges over L.
It is a Lie submodule because L is nilpotent.
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A weight of a Lie module is a map L → R such that the corresponding weight space is
non-trivial.
- toFun : L → R
The family of eigenvalues corresponding to a weight.
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The proposition that a weight of a Lie module is zero.
We make this definition because we cannot define a Zero (Weight R L M) instance since the weight
space of the zero function can be trivial.
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The proposition that a weight of a Lie module is non-zero.
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The set of weights is equivalent to a subtype.
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See also the more useful form LieModule.zero_genWeightSpace_eq_top_of_nilpotent.
A (nilpotent) Lie algebra acts nilpotently on the zero weight space of a Noetherian Lie module.
By Engel's theorem, the zero weight space of a Noetherian Lie module is nilpotent.
See also LieModule.iInf_lowerCentralSeries_eq_posFittingComp.
If M is a representation of a nilpotent Lie algebra L, and x : L, then
posFittingCompOf R M x is the infimum of the decreasing system
range φₓ ⊇ range φₓ² ⊇ range φₓ³ ⊇ ⋯ where φₓ : End R M := toEnd R L M x. We call this
the "positive Fitting component" because with appropriate assumptions (e.g., R is a field and
M is finite-dimensional) φₓ induces the so-called Fitting decomposition: M = M₀ ⊕ M₁ where
M₀ = genWeightSpaceOf M 0 x and M₁ = posFittingCompOf R M x.
It is a Lie submodule because L is nilpotent.
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If M is a representation of a nilpotent Lie algebra L with coefficients in R, then
posFittingComp R L M is the span of the positive Fitting components of the action of x on M,
as x ranges over L.
It is a Lie submodule because L is nilpotent.
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This is the Fitting decomposition of the Lie module M.
Lie module weight spaces are independent.
See also LieModule.iSupIndep_genWeightSpace'.
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A Lie module M of a Lie algebra L is triangularizable if the endomorphism of M defined by
any x : L is triangularizable.
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For a triangularizable Lie module in finite dimensions, the weight spaces span the entire space.
See also LieModule.iSup_genWeightSpace_eq_top'.