Abelian ideals and cohomology of symplectic type

  • Li Luo*
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Abstract

Let b be a Borel subalgebra of the symplectic Lie algebra sp(2n, ℂ) and let n be the corresponding maximal nilpotent subalgebra. We find a connection between the abelian ideals of b and the cohomology of n with trivial coefficients. Using this connection, we are able to enumerate the number of abelian ideals of b with given dimension via the Poincaré polynomials of Weyl groups of types An-1 and Cn.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)479-485
Number of pages7
JournalProceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume137
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Abelian ideal
  • Cohomology
  • Poincaré polynomial
  • Symplectic Lie algebra
  • Weyl group

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