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Nonintegral sl2 central characters split into two simple blocks

Example

Assume the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Choice).

Fix a finite-dimensional complex semisimple Lie algebra g, a Cartan subalgebra h, and a positive Borel b=h⊕n+. Write Q+=∑iZ≥0αi, μ≤λ when λ−μ∈Q+, and w⋅λ=w(λ+ρ)−ρ.

For g=sl2 and λ∈C∖Z, Oχλ has exactly two distinct singleton linkage blocks, with labels λ and −λ−2. Each block is equivalent to finite-dimensional complex vector spaces. In particular the central-character summand is semisimple but is not one indecomposable block.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Choice, the setting above, and the hypotheses in the example.

[F1]

Every object of O is a direct sum of weight spaces, is finitely generated, and is stable under root operators, which shift weights by elements of the root lattice Q (The classical BGG category O).

[F2]

Fix a finite-dimensional complex semisimple Lie algebra g, a Cartan subalgebra h, and a positive Borel b=h⊕n+. Write Q+=∑iZ≥0αi, μ≤λ when λ−μ∈Q+, and w⋅λ=w(λ+ρ)−ρ. Every short exact sequence 0→M(λ)→E→pM(λ)→0 in O splits. (Verma self-extensions in O split)

[F3]

Fix a finite-dimensional complex semisimple Lie algebra g, a Cartan subalgebra h, and a positive Borel b=h⊕n+. Write Q+=∑iZ≥0αi, μ≤λ when λ−μ∈Q+, and w⋅λ=w(λ+ρ)−ρ. For M,N∈O, Hom⁡O(M,N) is finite dimensional. For every weight λ, End⁡O(L(λ))=Cid⁡. (Finite-dimensional Hom spaces in O)

[F4]

The Verma PBW model gives the basis frvη (r≥0) of M(η) (The PBW model of a Verma module).

[F5]

Let Z=Z(U(g)), let χ:Z→C be a unital complex-algebra character, and put mχ=ker⁡χ. For M∈O, the generalized central-character submodule is Mχ={v∈M:mχNv=0 for some N≥1}, and Oχ consists of the objects with M=Mχ. (Generalized central-character subcategories)

[F6]

The simple objects of O are exactly the modules L(μ), μ∈h∗, and L(μ)≅L(ν) if and only if μ=ν. (The simple objects of O)

[F7]

If a cyclic highest-weight module has highest weight μ, then every z∈Z(U(g)) acts on it by the scalar pr⁡(z)(μ)=χμ(z). (The Harish-Chandra projection computes the highest-weight scalar)

[F8]

Under the given Choice premise, the highest-weight central characters satisfy χμ=χλ if and only if μ∈W⋅λ. (Central characters are dot-Weyl orbits)

[F9]

Under the given Choice premise, every object of O has a finite composition series and is both Noetherian and Artinian. The length of zero is zero. (Every object of O has finite length)

[F10]

The central-character subcategories Oχ are categorical direct summands of O, with exact projections (Generalized central-character decomposition of O).

Verification

1.1F4F5F6F7F8

For sl2, the dot orbit of λ is exactly {λ,−λ−2}. Its two labels are nonintegral and distinct: equality would imply λ=−1. By F8 they have the same central character. Conversely, if a simple object belongs to Oχλ, F6 writes it as L(μ). Its highest vector is killed by a power of every z−χλ(z) by F5, while F7 says that z acts on it as χμ(z). Hence χμ=χλ, and F8 forces μ∈{λ,−λ−2}. To see that both Vermas are simple, fix either nonintegral label η. The relations [h,f]=−2f and [e,f]=h give hfrvη=(η−2r)frvη and, by induction using efr+1vη=fefrvη+hfrvη, the coefficient formula efrvη=r(η−r+1)fr−1vη for r≥1. Every nonzero submodule of M(η) contains a nonzero weight vector: project a finite sum of distinct weight components using a polynomial in h. Choose its least occurring PBW index r. If r>0, the derived formula makes efrvη=r(η−r+1)fr−1vη≠0, contradicting minimality; hence r=0 and the submodule contains vη, so it equals M(η). The shifted simple-root pairings of the two labels are λ+1 and −(λ+1), both nonintegral. Hence their integral-reflection linkage classes are singletons by The integral Weyl group of a weight.

2.1F1F9step 1.1algebra

The two labels lie in distinct root-lattice cosets: their difference is 2(λ+1) in h-weight coordinates, whereas the sl2 root lattice has even integral coordinates; λ+1∉Z. For each X∈Oχλ, group its weight spaces by every coset of Q. Root operators preserve each group, so F1 makes these groups submodules whose direct sum is X. Any nonzero group has a simple composition factor by F9. Step 1.1 allows only the two labels, whose simple modules have weights in their respective cosets, so all other groups vanish. Hence X=Xλ+Q⊕X−λ−2+Q functorially, and every nonzero summand has factors only of its corresponding label. Both summands are nonzero because they contain their simple Verma modules.

3.1F2F9algebrastep 1.1step 2.1

Fix one label η and put S=M(η)=L(η). Every object in its coset summand has a finite composition series by F9, and all its factors are S by step 2.1. Every extension of S by itself splits by F2. More generally an extension 0→Sr→E→S→0 splits: push out along each coordinate projection Sr→S, obtaining Ei=(E⊕S)/{(a,−ai):a∈Sr}. Each has a retraction to its kernel S. Composing these retractions with E→Ei and collecting coordinates gives a retraction E→Sr, hence a splitting. The case r=0 is immediate.

4.1F3F10algebrastep 2.1step 3.1∎

Induction on a composition series now expresses every object in either coset summand as a finite direct sum of its sole simple S. Since End⁡(S)=C, maps between Sr and Ss are exactly complex matrices. Thus V↦S⊗V (with trivial action on the finite-dimensional multiplicity space) and X↦Hom⁡(S,X) are inverse equivalences for each summand. Zero corresponds to the zero-dimensional vector space. Each summand is indecomposable as a category because every nonzero object contains its sole simple S and all objects are sums of S. By F10, Oχλ itself is a direct summand of O, so these are precisely its two blocks in O.

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