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Abelian Ideals and the Variety of Lagrangian Subalgebras

@article{Evens2020AbelianIA,
  title={Abelian Ideals and the Variety of Lagrangian Subalgebras},
  author={S. Evens and Y. Li},
  journal={arXiv: Representation Theory},
  year={2020}
}

S. Evens, Y. Li

Published 2020

Mathematics

arXiv: Representation Theory

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For a semisimple algebraic group $G$ of adjoint type with Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ over the complex numbers, we establish a bijection between the set of closed orbits of the group $G \ltimes \mathfrak g^{\ast}$ acting on the variety of Lagrangian subalgebras of $\mathfrak g \ltimes \mathfrak g^{\ast}$ and the set of abelian ideals of a fixed Borel subalgebra of $\mathfrak g$. In particular, the number of such orbits equals $2^{\text{rk} \mathfrak g}$ by Peterson's theorem on abelian ideals.