Toric degenerations of Schubert varieties

Details Toric degenerations of Schubert varieties Toric degenerations of Schubert varieties

2000-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/math/0012165v1

Mathematics

Representation Theory

12 pages

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Let $G$ be a simply connected semi-simple complex algebraic group. Fix a maximal torus $T$ and a Borel subgroup $B$ such that $T\subset B\subset G$. Let $W$ the Weyl group of $G$ relative to $T$. For any $w$ in $W$, let $X_w=\bar {BwB/B}$ denote the Schubert variety corresponding to $w$. This talk is concerned with the following problem : Is there a flat family over Spec${\bf C}[t]$, such that the general fiber is $X_w$ and the special fiber is a toric variety? Our approach of the problem is based on the canonical/global base of Lusztig/Kashiwara and the so-called string parametrization of this base studied by P. Littelmann and made precise by A. Berenstein and A. Zelevinsky. Fix $w$ in $W$ and let $P^+$ be the semigroup of dominant weights. For all $\lambda$ in $P^+$, let ${\cal L}_\lambda$ be the line bundle on $G/B$ corresponding to $\lambda$. Then, the direct sum of global sections $R_w:=\bigoplus_{\lambda\in P^+}H^0(X_w,{\cal L}_\lambda)$ carries a natural structure of $P^+$-graded ${\bf C}$-algebra. Moreover, there exists a natural action of $T$ on $R_w$. Our principal result can be stated as follows : There exists a filtration $({\cal F}_m^w)_{m\in{\bf N}}$ of $R_w$ such that (i) for all $m$ in ${\bf N}$, ${\cal F}_m^w$ is compatible with the $P^+$-grading of $R_w$, (ii) for all $m$ in ${\bf N}$, ${\cal F}_m^w$ is compatible with the action of $T$, (iii) the associated graded algebra is the ${\bf C}$-algebra of the semigroup of integral points in a rational convex polyhedral cone. Equations for this cone were obtained by A. Berenstein and A. Zelevinski from $\tilde w_0$-trails in fundamental Weyl modules of the Langlands dual of $G$. By standard arguments, the previous theorem gives a positive answer to the Degeneration Problem.

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