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Weights of infinitesimally irreducible representations of Chevalley groupsover a field of prime characteristic
A. A. Premet
Abstract:
Let
$K$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic
$p>0$,
$G$ a universal Chevalley group over
$K$ with an irreducible root system
$R$,
$B$ a basis of
$R$,
$Q_+$ the set of radical weights that are nonnegative with respect to the natural ordering associated with
$B$,
$P_{++}$ the set of dominant weights, and
$e(R)$ the maximum of the squares of the ratios of the lengths of the roots in
$R$. It is well known that
$e(R)=1$ if
$R$ is of type
$A_n$,
$D_n$,
$E_6$,
$E_7$, or
$E_8$,
$e(R)=2$ if
$R$ is of type
$B_n$,
$C_n$, or
$F_4$, and
$e(R)=3$ if
$R$ is of type
$G_2$. A rational representation
$\pi\colon G\to\mathrm{GL}(V)$ is called infinitesimally irreducible if its differential
$d\pi$ defines an irreducible representation of the Lie algebra
$\mathfrak g$ of the group
$G$. Let
$\mathfrak g_{\mathbf C}$ be a simple complex Lie algebra with the same root system as
$G$.
In this paper it is proved that for
$p>e(R)$ the system of weights of an infinitesimally irreducible representation
$\pi$ of a group
$G$ with highest weight
$\lambda$ coincides with the system of weights of an irreducible complex representation
$\pi_{\mathbf C}$ of a Lie algebra
$\mathfrak g_{\mathbf C}$ with the same highest weight. In particular, the set of dominant weights of the representation is
$(\lambda-Q_+)\cap P_{++}$.
Bibliography: 7 titles.
UDC:
512.743.7
MSC: Primary
20G05,
20G15; Secondary
17B10 Received: 25.01.1986