On the uniqueness of embeddings of Verma modules defined by the Shapovalov elements
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On the uniqueness of embeddings of Verma modules defined by the Shapovalov elements
zbMATH Open document ID: 0661.17024
DOI: 10.1016/0021-8693(88)90049-X
author: Jong-Min Ku
published in: Journal of Algebra
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \({\mathfrak g}\) be a symmetrizable Kac-Moody Lie algebra (over a field of char 0), with Cartan subalgebra \({\mathfrak h}\), and associated Weyl group W. Let \(\Delta^+_ R\) denote the set of positive real roots. Fix a dominant \(\lambda\in {\mathfrak h}^*\) and define \(\Delta_{\lambda}:=\{\alpha \in \Delta^+_ R:\) \(<\lambda +\rho, \alpha^ v>\) is a positive integer\(\}\). Let \(W_{\lambda}\) be the subgroup of W generated by the reflections \(\{s_{\alpha}\}_{\alpha \in \Delta_{\lambda}}\). Then \(W_{\lambda}\) is a Coxeter group. For any \(w\in W_{\lambda}\), there exists an embedding of the Verma module M(w*\(\lambda)\) (with highest weight \(w*\lambda):=w(\lambda +\rho)-\rho)\) inside M(\(\lambda)\). When \(\lambda\) is dominant integral, the embedding is known to be unique (due to Rocha Caridi-Wallach). Given any reduced decomposition (with respect to the Coxeter group \(W_{\lambda})\) \(\omega\) of w, there is defined an embedding \(i_{\omega}\) (using Shapovalov element) of M(w*\(\lambda)\) in M(\(\lambda)\). One of the main results of the paper under review is that \(i_{\omega}\) does not depend upon the choice of the reduced decomposition \(\omega\) of \(w\in W_{\lambda}.\) The author also proves that, in the case when \(W_{\lambda}\) is of rank 2, any irreducible subquotient of M(\(\lambda)\) has multiplicity one in M(\(\lambda)\); again generalizing a result of Rocha Caridi-Wallach for integral \(\lambda\).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 17B67
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 17B10
zbMATH DE Number: 4079706
zbMATH Keywords: symmetrizable Kac-Moody Lie algebra
zbMATH Keywords: Coxeter group
zbMATH Keywords: Verma module
zbMATH Keywords: highest weight
zbMATH Keywords: embedding
zbMATH Keywords: Shapovalov element
reviewed by: Shrawan Kumar
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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