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The support description of category O with finite generation

Statement

Fix a finite-dimensional complex semisimple Lie algebra g, a Cartan subalgebra h, and a positive Borel b=hn+. Write Q+=iZ0αi, μλ when λμQ+, and wλ=w(λ+ρ)ρ.

Let M be a finitely generated h-semisimple g-module. Then MO if and only if suppMi=1r(λiQ+) for some finite list of weights. In either case every Mμ is finite dimensional. The list may be empty for M=0; finite generation is an independent hypothesis.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The setting above and the hypotheses in the statement.

[F1]

Fix a finite-dimensional complex semisimple Lie algebra g, a Cartan subalgebra h, and a positive Borel b=hn+. Write Q+=iZ0αi, μλ when λμQ+, and wλ=w(λ+ρ)ρ. The BGG category O is the full subcategory of left U(g)-modules M satisfying all three conditions: M is finitely generated; M=μhMμ where Mμ={v:hv=μ(h)v for all hh}; and U(n+)v is finite dimensional for each vM. Its morphisms are all g-linear maps. The zero module is included, generated by the empty set. The enveloping and triangular conventions are those of thm-pbw-ordered-monomial-basis-for-the-enveloping-algebra and thm-triangular-decomposition-from-a-chosen-positive-root-system. (The classical BGG category O)

[F2]

Fix a finite-dimensional complex semisimple Lie algebra g, a Cartan subalgebra h, and a positive Borel b=hn+. Write Q+=iZ0αi, μλ when λμQ+, and wλ=w(λ+ρ)ρ. Every MO has a finite-dimensional, b-stable, h-semisimple generating subspace E. There is a flag 0=E0E1Er=E of b-submodules whose quotients are one dimensional and annihilated by n+. For M=0 take E=0 and the empty flag. (Finite Borel-stable generators and weight flags)

[F3]

Let x1,,xr be an ordered basis of a finite-dimensional complex Lie algebra g. Then the monomials x1a1x2a2xrar(aiN0) form a basis of U(g). In particular, multiplication identifies grU(g) with the symmetric algebra S(g) on the symbols of the xi. (PBW gives an ordered monomial basis for the enveloping algebra)

Proof

1.1

Assume MO and choose the finite b-stable weight space sum E supplied by F2 (a finite-dimensional weight subspace, not necessarily a sum of full weight spaces). Ordering negative-root vectors before a basis of b in PBW gives M=U(n)E. Its support is contained in the union of νQ+ over the finitely many weights ν of E.

F1F2F3
2.1

For a fixed βQ+, negative-root PBW monomials of weight β have exponent sum bounded by the height of β, since every positive root has positive integral height. There are finitely many such monomials. The surjection U(n)EM therefore has finite-dimensional weight spaces in its source, giving dimMμ<.

F3algebrastep 1.1
3.1

Conversely assume the finite-cone support condition. For a weight vector vMμ, a positive-root PBW monomial of weight γQ+ can act nontrivially only if μ+γ=λiβ for some i and βQ+. Thus γ+β=λiμQ+. For each eligible i, the height of γ is bounded by that fixed height. Only finitely many PBW monomials meet these bounds, so U(n+)v is finite dimensional. This does not presume finite-dimensional weight spaces.

F3algebrastep 2.1
4.1

Every vector is a finite sum of weight vectors, so the same local finiteness follows for it by summing their finite-dimensional orbit spaces. The two standing hypotheses now give MO, and the preceding forward proof gives finite weight spaces. Empty support means M=0 and all conclusions hold.

F1algebrastep 3.1

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