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Translation through the sl2 wall

Example

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

Let g=sl2 with the coordinate l=⟨λ,α∨⟩ on weights, so that ρ has coordinate 1 and the dot action of the wall reflection is s⋅l=−l−2. Take the single-wall translation datum (λ,μ)=(−2,−1): λ+ρ=−1 spans the negative chamber, μ+ρ=0 is the wall l=−1, the translating weight is ν=1, and the reverse pair (0,−1) realizes the same central characters because s⋅(−2)=0 and s⋅(−1)=−1. Thus T0−1=T−2−1 and T−10=T−1−2 are the same two functors.

The wall weight μ=−1 is not strictly antidominant, but its standard object is simple: in the action e⋅vk=k(λ(h)−k+1)vk−1 of sl2 on M(λ) one has e⋅vk=−k2vk−1 for λ(h)=−1, which is nonzero for every k≥1, so the only singular vector of M(−1) is the top one; since every nonzero submodule of a Verma module contains a singular vector, Δ(−1)=M(−1)=L(−1). Its linkage class is the single weight −1, a one-element finite downward-closed ideal Γ={−1} in which −1 is maximal, so A maximal-label Verma is projective in its truncation applies: the wall standard Δ(−1) is projective in its block Oχ−1=OΓ.

Translation to the wall sends both standard objects of the regular block to the wall standard and kills the simple quotient: claim (1) of Translation to and from a single wall on standard modules gives T0−1Δ(−2)≅Δ(−1) and T0−1Δ(0)≅Δ(−1), and exactness applied to the nonsplit sequence 0→Δ(−2)→Δ(0)→L(0)→0 shows T0−1L(0)=0 while T0−1L(−2)=T0−1Δ(−2)=L(−1).

Translation from the wall is where the nonsplit extension appears: claim (2) of the same theorem with w=1 gives the projective object Q=T−10Δ(−1) a Verma flag with the two factors Δ(−2) and Δ(0), each occurring once. Decomposing Q into indecomposables and using that the regular block has simple labels 0,−2 shows Q≅P(0)a⊕P(−2)b, and comparing flag multiplicities with the values (P(0):Δ(0))=1 and (P(−2):Δ(0))=(P(−2):Δ(−2))=1 of The two projectives in the principal sl2 block gives a=0, b=1. Hence T−10Δ(−1)=T−10L(−1)≅P(−2), the nonsplit extension 0→Δ(0)→P(−2)→Δ(−2)→0: the wall standard Δ(−1) is projective in its own block, but translating it back through the wall produces a two-step projective whose standard flag does not split.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Choice, g=sl2 with the coordinate l=⟨λ,α∨⟩, the wall l=−1, the single-wall datum (λ,μ)=(−2,−1) with translating weight ν=1 and wall reflection s, the regular integral block C with simple labels 0,−2 and its projective objects P(0),P(−2), the wall block Oχ−1, and Q=T−10Δ(−1).

[F1]

For sl2 the pair (−2,−1) is a single-wall translation datum with λ+ρ=−1 spanning the negative chamber, μ+ρ=0 on the wall, dot-stabilizer {1,s} of μ, wall reflection s acting by s⋅l=−l−2, and translating weight ν=1; the reverse pair (0,−1) realizes the same central characters and the same functors, and T0−1=T−2−1, T−10=T−1−2 (Dot-Weyl facets and single-wall translation data, Translation functors by tensoring and projection).

[F2]

Two weights have the same central character exactly when they lie in one dot orbit, and s⋅(−2)=0, s⋅(−1)=−1; in particular χ0=χ−2 and the dot orbit of −1 is {−1} (Central characters are dot-Weyl orbits, Dot-Weyl facets and single-wall translation data).

[F3]

The rank-one model of the parent example has basis vk=fkv0 with e⋅vk=k(λ(h)−k+1)vk−1; with λ(h)=−1 this is e⋅vk=−k2vk−1≠0 for all k≥1, so the only singular vector of M(−1) is its top; every nonzero submodule of a Verma module contains a singular vector, so M(−1) is simple and Δ(−1)=M(−1)=L(−1) (The two projectives in the principal sl2 block, Every nonzero Verma submodule contains a singular vector, Finite Verma flags and their multiplicities).

[F4]

The blocks are the full subcategories of objects whose simple composition factors have labels in one linkage class, and the block of χ−1 is the full subcategory of objects whose simple composition factors are L(η) with χη=χ−1; by [F2] these are exactly the objects with all composition factors L(−1), that is, the truncation OΓ at the one-element finite downward-closed ideal Γ={−1}, in which −1 is maximal (Central-character summands refine into linkage blocks, Truncation at a finite downward-closed ideal of a linkage class, Central characters are dot-Weyl orbits).

[F5]

Let Γ be a finite downward-closed ideal of a linkage class and λ∈Γ maximal. Then Δ(λ)=M(λ) is projective in OΓ (A maximal-label Verma is projective in its truncation).

[F6]

The regular integral block C has simple labels 0 and −2; Δ(0)=M(0) is projective and is the projective cover P(0) of L(0); L(−2)=Δ(−2)=M(−2) has the projective cover P(−2), which fits into the nonsplit sequence 0→Δ(0)→P(−2)→Δ(−2)→0; and the flag multiplicities are (P(0):Δ(0))=1, (P(−2):Δ(0))=1 and (P(−2):Δ(−2))=1, while (P(0):Δ(−2))=0 because P(0)=Δ(0) has the one-step flag 0⊆Δ(0) (The two projectives in the principal sl2 block, Finite Verma flags and their multiplicities).

[F7]

TλμΔ(w⋅λ)≅Δ(w⋅μ) and TμλΔ(w⋅μ) has a finite Verma flag with exactly the two factors Δ(w⋅λ) and Δ(ws⋅λ), each with multiplicity one, for every w∈W (Translation to and from a single wall on standard modules).

[F8]

The functors Tλμ, Tμλ are exact, both send projectives to projectives, and Tμλ is left adjoint to Tλμ (Translation functors are exact and biadjoint).

[F9]

Every object of O has finite length, hence is a finite direct sum of indecomposables; a direct summand of a projective object is projective; every indecomposable projective object has a unique maximal proper subobject, so its head is simple and the object is a projective cover of that head; and any two indecomposable projectives with isomorphic heads are isomorphic (Every object of O has finite length, Fitting decomposition in a finite-length abelian category, Projective covers in O are indecomposable and unique, Projective object characterisations).

[F10]

The multiplicity (X:Δ(μ)) is well defined for every Verma-filtered X and is additive over direct sums: a Verma flag of X and one of Y concatenate to a Verma flag of X⊕Y with the combined factors (Finite Verma flags and their multiplicities, Verma-flag multiplicities are independent of the flag).

Verification

technique · direct: evaluate the two translation functors on the sl2 block by the wall theorem, keep the surviving standard factors, and identify the reverse translate of the wall standard by decomposing it into indecomposable projectives and comparing flag multiplicities
1.1F1F2F7

By [F7] with w=1 and w=s, using [F2] to evaluate s⋅(−2)=0 and s⋅(−1)=−1, the translated wall functor satisfies T−2−1Δ(−2)≅Δ(−1) and T−2−1Δ(0)≅Δ(s⋅(−1))=Δ(−1); by [F1] T0−1=T−2−1, so both standard objects of the regular block are sent to Δ(−1).

1.2F4F5F7F8

By [F4] and [F5], Δ(−1) is projective in Oχ−1=OΓ; by [F8] its image Q=T−10Δ(−1)=T−1−2Δ(−1) under the left adjoint is projective in the regular block C, and by [F7] with w=1 it has a finite Verma flag with the two factors Δ(−2) and Δ(0), each once, so (Q:Δ(0))=(Q:Δ(−2))=1.

2.1F3F6F8step 1.1

By [F8] the functor T0−1 is exact, so applying it to the nonsplit sequence 0→Δ(−2)→Δ(0)→L(0)→0 of [F6] yields the exact sequence 0→T0−1Δ(−2)→T0−1Δ(0)→T0−1L(0)→0; the first two terms are the simple Δ(−1)=L(−1) by step 1.1 and [F3], and the first arrow is a monomorphism between these nonzero simple objects, hence an isomorphism. Thus the rightmost term is T0−1L(0)=0 and, using [F3], T0−1L(−2)=T0−1Δ(−2)≅Δ(−1)=L(−1).

2.2F6F9step 1.2

By [F9] write Q=Q1⊕⋯⊕Qn with each Qi an indecomposable object; each Qi is projective because it is a direct summand of the projective Q, and its head is a simple object of O, necessarily a composition factor of Q and hence L(0) or L(−2) by [F6]; by [F6] and [F9] an indecomposable projective with head L(0) is isomorphic to P(0)=Δ(0) and one with head L(−2) is isomorphic to P(−2), so Q≅P(0)a⊕P(−2)b for integers a,b≥0.

3.1F6F10step 1.2step 2.2

The multiplicities are additive over direct sums by [F10]; with the values of [F6] and step 1.2 this gives 1=(Q:Δ(0))=a (P(0):Δ(0))+b (P(−2):Δ(0))=a+b and 1=(Q:Δ(−2))=a (P(0):Δ(−2))+b (P(−2):Δ(−2))=b, so a=0 and b=1.

4.1F6step 1.1step 2.1step 3.1∎

Consequently Q=T−10Δ(−1)=T−10L(−1)≅P(−2), the nonsplit extension 0→Δ(0)→P(−2)→Δ(−2)→0 of [F6] with the two-step flag Δ(0),Δ(−2); together with steps 1.1 and 2.1 this shows that translation to the wall sends Δ(0) and Δ(−2)=L(−2) to the wall standard Δ(−1)=L(−1) and annihilates the finite-dimensional simple L(0), while the reverse translation of the wall standard L(−1) is the projective P(−2), whose standard flag does not split.

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