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Complete reducibility of integrable kac moody o modules
Statement
Assume AC and let be a finite symmetrizable GCM over . Every integrable module in the finite-cone, finite-weight-space category is an algebraic direct sum of simple highest-weight modules with . The zero module is the empty direct sum. AC is used to select bases simultaneously in the set-indexed family of finite-dimensional singular weight spaces.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: AC, the symmetrizable GCM, and an integrable .
The Casimir decomposes as a direct sum of integrable submodules, in each of which primitive weights form an antichain (Casimir separates comparable dominant primitive weights).
Maximal-weight vectors generate integrable highest-weight modules and primitive weights are dominant integral (Maximal and primitive weights in integrable category O modules).
Every simple highest-weight module of weight is the unique simple Verma quotient (Kac moody verma module has a unique simple quotient).
AC permits choices from arbitrary families of nonempty sets (The Axiom of Choice).
Category has finite-dimensional weight spaces and finite upper support sets, and is closed under submodules and quotients (Kac moody category o).
A module generated by a highest vector of weight is a Verma quotient with support in and top dimension one (Universal property and pbw character of kac moody verma modules).
Proof
Work first in one Casimir summand of F1. If is nonzero and singular, meaning killed by , its cyclic module has support in and top by F6. A proper submodule misses that top, since containing would generate all of . If a proper nonzero submodule existed, F5 gives it a maximal support weight : take a maximal element in the finite upper set above any of its weights. Every vector there is singular. Thus and both are primitive weights of , contradicting F1. Hence is simple, and F2 and F3 identify it with for dominant integral . In this simple module the only singular vectors lie in its top line: any other nonzero singular vector would generate it by simplicity, and F6 would force its original top to be at or below a strictly lower weight, impossible.
For each eigenvalue and weight , let and . It is finite dimensional by F5. Its set of finite ordered bases is nonempty, with the empty basis for zero dimension. The pairs form a set. Apply F4 to choose a basis for every such space. This is the specified use of AC. For fixed , each basis vector generates a simple submodule by 1.1. There is a natural module map from their algebraic external direct sum to , sending each copy of to its given submodule.
This map is injective. Otherwise a nonzero kernel vector has finite summand support, so its kernel inside the corresponding finite external direct sum is nonzero. The module belongs to : its finite-dimensional weight spaces and finite-cone bounds are finite sums of those of the summands. By F5 its kernel has a maximal support weight and a nonzero singular vector there. Projecting to each simple summand gives singular vectors; by 1.1 each component is a scalar multiple of that summand's chosen top vector, and only summands with the weight of can contribute. Its image in is thus a linear relation among distinct members of . Their independence makes every scalar zero, contradicting . Hence the sum is direct.
Suppose . By F5 it has a maximal support weight and a nonzero highest vector there. The quotient weight-space description supplies a lift , which is primitive in and does not belong to . For every , . If one is nonzero, its finite expression in the direct sum from 3.1 has a nonzero component of weight in some of highest weight . F6 gives . The weights and are both primitive in , contrary to F1. Thus every , hence their generated algebra kills . It lies in , whose chosen basis is contained in , so , again a contradiction. Therefore .
Reassemble the Casimir direct sum from F1. Steps 1.1–4.1 give a direct sum of dominant simple highest-weight modules in each component, so their combined algebraic sum is the stated decomposition of . Each vector has finitely many Casimir components and finitely many simple components within each. Zero singular spaces contribute empty bases and no summands; the zero module gives the empty sum. One-dimensional singular spaces require just one generator, and zero dominant labels cause no exception. No unproved splitting theorem is used: injectivity and spanning were proved separately. All choices beyond the single family of bases in 2.1 concern finitely many elements or individual witnesses.
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Sources
- Kleshchev, Lectures on Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras (standard reference, not scraped)
- Perrin, Introduction to Kac-Moody Groups and Lie Algebras (standard reference, not scraped)