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Standard Levi subgroups of a split reductive group

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice inherited from the named suppliers. Let (G,T) be a split reductive group with root datum (X,Φ,α↦α∨) and a Borel subgroup B⊇T with corresponding base Δ=Δ(B) (The root datum of a split reductive group), and let I⊆Δ. Put WI=⟨sα⟩α∈I⊆W, ΦI=ZI∩Φ, TI=(⋂α∈Iker⁡α)t⊆T and LI=CG(TI). Then: (a) LI is smooth connected reductive with maximal torus T, root system ΦI and root datum (X(T),ΦI,α↦α∨), and Weyl group WI; the root groups of LI are exactly the Uα with α∈ΦI; (b) TI is the largest subtorus of T killed by all α∈I, and LI is generated by T and the root groups Uα with α∈ΦI; (c) B∩LI is a Borel subgroup BI of LI with positive system ΦI∩Φ+(B) and base I; (d) for each α∈Δ, choose a rational fundamental dual vector ηα∈X∗(T)⊗Q with ⟨β,ηα⟩=δαβ, and let λα be any positive integral multiple lying in X∗(T). For every β∈Δ∖{α}, every representative of sβ in NG(T)(k) lies in PG(λα)(k), and this subgroup contains Gβ. Rational dual vectors need not themselves be integral cocharacters; a possible central component does not change the parabolic.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: AC, a split reductive group (G,T) with Borel subgroup B⊇T and base Δ=Δ(B), a subset I⊆Δ, and the subgroups WI,ΦI,TI,LI above.

[F1]

Centralizers of tori in reductive groups are smooth, connected and reductive, with Lie algebra the fixed points under the adjoint action; the roots of a reductive group with a given maximal torus are the nonzero weights (Chevalley's centralizer theorem and reductive centralizers, The root datum of a split reductive group).

[F2]

G is generated by T and its root groups, and each root group is determined by its weight; the positive system of a Borel and the base are related as in Combinatorics of a reduced root datum (Root subgroups of a split reductive group, The Weyl group, Borel subgroups and chambers).

[F3]

Cocharacter limit subgroups: for a cocharacter λ of T, PG(λ) contains exactly the root groups Uα with ⟨α,λ⟩≥0 and their root spaces (Cocharacter limit subgroups).

[F4]

A Borel intersected with a torus centralizer is a Borel of that centralizer; its root signs are inherited. (Borel subgroups and the opposition of root groups; Milne17.72 and21.90.)

Proof

1.1F1F2givenalgebra

LI=CG(TI) is smooth connected reductive by [F1]; its Lie algebra is t⊕⨁α∈ΦIgα because the characters vanishing on TI lie in the rational span of I. Each root has integral coefficients in the simple basis, so a root in this rational span has zero coefficients outside I and lies in ZI∩Φ. Hence the roots of (LI,T) are precisely the elements of ΦI, and the corresponding root groups are Uα⊆LI; the coroot assignment restricts, and the Weyl group of (LI,T) is the subgroup WI generated by the sα with α∈I (these are the reflections in the simple roots of the subsystem). This proves (a).

2.1F1F2F4step 1.1algebra

TI is the largest subtorus of T killed by all α∈I because any such subtorus lies in ⋂α∈Iker⁡α and, being a torus, in its maximal reduced subtorus; the character-module quotient by its torsion defines exactly that subtorus. By (a) and [F2] applied to LI, the group LI is generated by T and the root groups Uα with α∈ΦI; this proves (b). For (c): B∩LI is a Borel subgroup of LI by the centralizer-intersection input [F4]; its Lie algebra is t⊕⨁α∈ΦI∩Φ+(B)gα, so its positive system is ΦI∩Φ+(B), and the simple roots of the subsystem relative to this positive system are exactly the elements of I (a simple root of Φ lying in ΦI is indecomposable in ΦI, and every root of ΦI is a nonnegative combination of I).

3.1F2F3step 1.1algebra∎

Fix α∈Δ. Finite linear algebra supplies ηα with the given simple-root pairings; clearing denominators gives integral λα=mαηα, mα>0. For β≠α one has ⟨β,λα⟩=0, so both Uβ and U−β and the torus T centralize this cocharacter. They generate Gβ by [F2], giving Gβ⊆ZG(λα)⊆PG(λα). The dual reflection formula gives sβ(λα)=λα; hence every representative of sβ fixes λα by conjugation and lies in its centralizer, proving(d). The simple root α itself pairs positively, and its negative root group is excluded; no representative of sα is claimed to lie in this parabolic. Central changes of a rational dual vector pair trivially with every root and do not affect these limit subgroups.

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