Computing the Lusztig--Vogan Bijection

Abstract

Let $G$ be a connected complex reductive algebraic group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. The Lusztig--Vogan bijection relates two bases for the bounded derived category of $G$-equivariant coherent sheaves on the nilpotent cone $\mathcal{N}$ of $\mathfrak{g}$. One basis is indexed by ${\Lambda }^{+}$, the set of dominant weights of $G$, and the other by $\Omega$, the set of pairs $(\mathcal{O},\mathcal{E})$ consisting of a nilpotent orbit $\mathcal{O}\subset \mathcal{N}$ and an irreducible $G$-equivariant vector bundle $\mathcal{E}\to \mathcal{O}$. The existence of the Lusztig--Vogan bijection $\gamma :\Omega \to {\Lambda }^{+}$ was proven by Bezrukavnikov, and an algorithm computing $\gamma$ in type $A$ was given by Achar. Herein we present a combinatorial description of $\gamma$ in type $A$ that subsumes and dramatically simplifies Achar's algorithm.

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