Symmetric Groups and Quasi-Hereditary Algebras

Let A be a finite-dimensional algebra which is quasi-hereditary with re- spect to the poset (�,�), with standard modules �(�) for 2 �. Let F(�) be the category of A-modules which have filtrations where the quotients are standard modules. We determine some inductive results on the relative Auslander-Reiten quiver of F(�). Quasi-hereditary algebras were introduced by Cline, Parshall and Scott in the study of highest weight categories arising in the representation theory of semisimple Lie algebras and algebraic groups (2), and they were studied by Dlab and Ringel and others (4, 5). LetA be quasi-hereditary. Then the simple A-modules are labelled as L(�) forin some partially ordered set (�,≤). Of central importance are the standard modules, denoted by �(�), and the categoryF(�) of modules which have a filtration where the quotients are standard modules. In (12) it was proved that this category has relative Auslander-Reiten (AR) sequences. The aim of our paper is to present some inductive results on the relative Auslander-Reiten quiver ofF(�). For any subset of �, letF (�) be the category of modules inF(�) where all quotients are �(�) with �∈ . If � is an ideal in the poset (�,≤) then there is a subalgebra A of A which is quasi-hereditary with poset (, ≤). In this case, the categoryF (�) is equivalent toF(�A ). A main result in this paper relates, for a non-projective indecomposable mod- ule X inF (�), the two relative Auslander-Reiten sequences with cokernel X inF(�) and inF (�) (Theorem 2.5). By Ringel duality, there is an equivalent version for categories of modules filtered by costandard mod- ules. We describe this and some variations in Section 3. We continue with further results on relative Auslander-Reiten sequences. In particular, we determine certain relative Auslander-Reiten sequences where a projective- injective summand occurs; this generalizes the usual almost split sequence where a projective-injective module occurs.

Methods and results from the representation theory of finite di- mensional algebras have led to many interactions with other areas of mathe- matics. Such areas include the theory of Lie algebras and quantum groups, commutative algebra, algebraic geometry and topology, and in particular the new theory of cluster algebras. The aim of this workshop was to further de- velop such interactions and to stimulate progress in the representation theory of algebras.

Quasi-hereditary algebras were introduced by Cline-Parshall-Scott (see [CPS] or [PS]) to deal with highest weight categories which occur in the study of semi-simple complex Lie algebras and algebraic groups. In fact, the quasi-hereditary algebras which appear in these applications enjoy a number of additional properties. The objective of this brief note is to describe a class of lean quasi-hereditary algebras [ADL] which possess such typical characteristics. A study of these questions originated in collaboration with C. M. Ringel (see [DR]).

1.1. Let G be a connected reductive algebraic group defined over a finite (prime) field Fp of p elements. For a given rational G-module M one can consider the restrictions of M to the restricted Lie algebra Lie(G) and to the finite group G(Fp) of Fp-rational points. Even though there is no direct functorial connection between the categories of restricted Lie(G)-modules and G(Fp)-modules, the ambient algebraic group G can serve as a bridge linking these two important module categories. Early results of Curtis in the 1960s provided a one-to-one correspondence between the simple restricted modules (over k = Fp) of Lie(G) and those of G(Fp). This correspondence is given by simply restricting certain classes of simple G-modules. More importantly, these results, along with work of Steinberg, allow one to easily transfer the questions pertaining to the computation of irreducible characters among these three categories. For over thirty years, this approach has been one of the main ideas used to relate the representation and cohomology theory of algebraic groups, Lie algebras, and finite groups of Lie type (in the defining characteristic) (see, e.g., [CPSvan], [Jan2], [Hum3], and [Jan1]). Given the previous results in this area, a natural course of investigation should be to find relationships between canonical modules, like projective modules, for Lie(G) and G(Fp). More precisely,

The representation theory of semisimple algebraic groups over the complex numbers (equivalently, semisimple complex Lie algebras or Lie groups, or real compact Lie groups) and the questions of whether a given complex representation is symplectic or orthogonal have been solved since at least the 1950s. Similar results for Weyl modules of split reductive groups over fields of characteristic different from z hold by using similar proofs. This paper considers analogues of these results for simple, induced, and tilting modules of split reductive groups over fields of prime characteristic as well as a complete answer for Weyl modules over fields of characteristic 2.

Affine.m—Mathematica package for computations in representation theory of finite-dimensional and affine Lie algebras

Methods and results from the representation theory of quivers and finite dimensional algebras have led to many interactions with other areas of mathematics. Such areas include the theory of Lie algebras and quantum groups, commutative algebra, algebraic geometry and topology, and in particular the new theory of cluster algebras. The aim of this workshop was to further develop such interactions and to stimulate progress in the representation theory of algebras.

In this lecture we indicate how to complete the last step in the process outlined at the beginning of Part II: to take our knowledge of the classification and representation theory of complex algebras and groups and deduce the corresponding statements in the real case. We do this in the first section, giving a list of the simple classical real Lie algebras and saying a few words about the corresponding groups and their (complex) representations. The existence of a compact group whose Lie algebra has as complexification a given semisimple complex Lie algebra makes it possible to give another (indeed, the original) way to prove the Weyl character formula; we sketch this in §26.2. Finally, we can ask in regard to real Lie groupsGa question analogous to one asked for the representations of fmite groups in §3.5: which of the complex representationsVofGactually come from real ones. We answer this in the most commonly encountered cases in §26.3. In this final lecture, proofs, when we attempt them, are generally only sketched and may require more than the usual fortitude from the reader.KeywordsIrreducible RepresentationSpin RepresentationReal FormCartan SubalgebraExterior PowerThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Algebraic groups play much the same role for algebraists as Lie groups play for analysts. This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the theory of algebraic group schemes over fields that includes the structure theory of semisimple algebraic groups, and is written in the language of modern algebraic geometry. The first eight chapters study general algebraic group schemes over a field and culminate in a proof of the Barsotti–Chevalley theorem, realizing every algebraic group as an extension of an abelian variety by an affine group. After a review of the Tannakian philosophy, the author provides short accounts of Lie algebras and finite group schemes. The later chapters treat reductive algebraic groups over arbitrary fields, including the Borel–Chevalley structure theory. Solvable algebraic groups are studied in detail. Prerequisites have also been kept to a minimum so that the book is accessible to non-specialists in algebraic geometry.

Galois Theory of Differential Equations, Algebraic Groups and Lie Algebras

The basic structure and representation theory of finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras over \(\mathbb{C} \), as developed by W. Killing, E. Cartan and H. Weyl, is a well-known and frequently used branch of mathematics. It is a striking fact that very significant new results in this classical area of mathematics have come to light during the past decade. These new results have originated from the development of the theory of quantum groups. The purpose of this article is to survey briefly the classical results on the representation theory of simple Lie algebras and then to describe the recent developments primarily due to G. Lusztig, M. Kashiwara and P. Littelmann.

Let Γ be a connected reductive group over an algebraically closed field F of positive characteristic and let G be the set of fixed points of Γ under some Frobenius map of Γ. Then G is a finite group of Lie type. The p-modular representations of G for p = char F (the “describing” characteristic case) are closely related to rational representations of Γ, and thus results from the theory of reductive algebraic groups can be used to develop the representation theory of finite groups of Lie type in the describing characteristic case. One of the outstanding open questions in this area is to determine the dimensions of the irreducible representations and the decomposition matrix whose entries record multiplicities of irreducible modules as composition factors of Weyl modules. One way to define Weyl modules is by reducing modulo p (p = char F) the irreducible modules of the complex algebraic group of the same type. Here reduction modulo p happens in both, in the field underlying the group and in the field over which the representing matrices are defined, simultaneously. One of the main tools to study these questions is derived from the Weyl group of Γ. If, for example, Γ is a general linear group, the decomposition matrix of the Weyl modules can be calculated from decomposition numbers of Schur algebras, which in turn can be calculated in terms of symmetric groups. We shall discuss this phenomenon in more detail below.

This is a report on advances in the representation theory of finite dimensional algebras in the years 1984 – 1990. During these years, the German research council (DFG) has sponsered a Forschungsschwerpunkt devoted to the representation theory of finite groups and finite dimensional algebras; it started in 1984 and will be finished by 1991.KeywordsEndomorphism RingIndecomposable ModuleFinite Dimensional AlgebraHall AlgebraHereditary AlgebraThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Representations of Lie groups are abstractions of continuous symmetries of linear spaces.By considering their differentials (linear approximations), we obtain representations of Lie algebras.These are regarded as generalizations of the Fourier analysis and important tools not only in mathematics but also in physics.In this article, I present fundamental and important examples on representations of Lie groups and Lie algebras and present some of my latest results.

The representation of symmetry groups plays a crucial role in physics. In this chapter we discuss the elements of the representation theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras. In particular, we apply representations of the Lie group SU(3) and the Lie algebra su(3) to the quark model in strong interaction.