The classical Lie algebra conjecture on centralizers and sheets

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Let g\mathfrak{g} be a real or complex classical semisimple Lie algebra. For μ∈g\mu\in\mathfrak{g}, write gμ\mathfrak{g}^{\mu} for its centralizer, and let SS denote a sheet through μ\mu. Using the Killing-form orthogonal complement V⊥V^{\bot} of a subspace V⊆gV\subseteq\mathfrak{g}, the conjecture is:

Classical Lie algebra sheet conjecture. If there is only one sheet SS passing through μ\mu, then

[gμ,gμ]=(TμS)⊥.[\mathfrak{g}^{\mu},\mathfrak{g}^{\mu}]=(\mathrm{T}_{\mu}S)^{\bot}.

If μ\mu belongs to several sheets S1,…,SkS_{1},\dots,S_{k}, then

[gμ,gμ]=(∑i=1kTμSi)⊥.[\mathfrak{g}^{\mu},\mathfrak{g}^{\mu}]=\left(\sum_{i=1}^{k}\mathrm{T}_{\mu}S_{i}\right)^{\bot}.

The paper proves the corresponding equality for compact Lie algebras and for sl(n,C)\mathfrak{sl}(n,\mathbb{C}); the assertion for all classical semisimple Lie algebras is left as a conjecture.

References

Primary source

Anton Izosimov, “The derived algebra of a stabilizer, families of coadjoint orbits, and sheets”, arXiv:1202.1135 (2013).

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