The gap phenomenon in parabolic geometries
arXiv:1303.1307 · doi:10.1515/crelle-2014-0072
Abstract
The infinitesimal symmetry algebra of any Cartan geometry has maximum dimension realized by the flat model, but often this dimension drops significantly when considering non-flat geometries, so a gap phenomenon arises. For general (regular, normal) parabolic geometries of type (G,P), we use Tanaka theory to derive a universal upper bound on the submaximal symmetry dimension. We use Kostant's version of the Bott-Borel-Weil theorem to show that this bound is in fact sharp in almost all complex and split-real cases by exhibiting (abstract) models. We explicitly compute all submaximal symmetry dimensions when G is any complex or split-real simple Lie group.
44 pages. In order to better emphasize our main results, we reorganized our manuscript and reduced excessive background material and some running examples. (Readers wishing more background can view the relevant sections in version 3.)
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