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G. Lusztig

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arXiv2014

Quasisplit Hecke algebras and symmetric spaces

Let (G,K) be a symmetric pair over an algebraically closed field of characteristic different of 2 and let sigma be an automorphism with square 1 of G preserving K. In this paper we consider the set of pairs (O,L) where O is a sigma-stable K-orbit on the flag manifold of G and L is an irreducible K-equivariant local system on O which is "fixed" by sigma. Given two such pairs (O,L), (O',L'), with O' in the closure \bar O of O, the multiplicity space of L' in the a cohomology sheaf of the intersection cohomology of \bar O with coefficients in L (restricted to O') carries an involution induced by sigma and we are interested in computing the dimensions of its +1 and -1 eigenspaces. We show that this computation can be done in terms of a certain module structure over a quasisplit Hecke algebra on a space spanned by the pairs (O,L) as above.

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arXiv2013

On conjugacy classes in the Lie group E_8

This is based on a talk given at the AMS/RMS joint meeting in June 2013, Alba Iulia. The main theme is that the conjugacy classes in the Lie group E_8 should be (roughly) parametrized by conjugacy classes in the corresponding Weyl group.

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arXiv2013

Distinguished conjugacy classes and elliptic Weyl group elements

We define and study a correspondence between the set of distinguished G^0-conjugacy classes in a fixed connected component of a reductive group G (with G^0 almost simple) and the set of (twisted) elliptic conjugacy classes in the Weyl group. We also prove a homogeneity property related to this correspondence.

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arXiv2012

Restriction of a character sheaf to conjugacy classes

Let A be a character sheaf on a reductive connected group G over an algebraically closed field. Assuming that the characteristic is not bad, we show that for certain conjugacy classes D in G the restriction of A to D is a local system up to shift; we also give a parametrization of unipotent cuspidal character sheaves on G in terms of restrictions to conjugacy classes. Without restriction on characteristic we define canonical bijections from the set of unipotent character sheaves on G (and from the set of unipotent representations of the corresponding split reductive group over a finite field) to a set combinatorially defined in terms of the Weyl group.

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arXiv2012

Asymptotic Hecke algebras and involutions

In a previous paper the author and D. Vogan defined and studied a Hecke algebra module structure on a vector space spanned by the involutions in a Weyl group. In this paper this study is continued by relating it to the asymptotic Hecke algebra.

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arXiv2012

Families and Springer's correspondence

We establish a relation between the known parametrization of a family of irreducible representations of a Weyl group and Springer's correspondence. We outline a parametrization of unipotent character sheaves on a connected reductive group in terms of restrictions to various conjugacy classes.

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arXiv2012

A bar operator for involutions in a Coxeter group

In [LV] the authors defined a Hecke algebra action and a bar involution on a vector space spanned by the involutions in a Weyl group. In this paper we give a new definition of the Hecke algebra action and the bar operator which, unlike the one in [LV], is completely elementary (does not use geometry) and in particular it makes sense for an arbitrary Coxeter group.

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arXiv2011

On the representations of disconnected reductive groups over F_q

Let \hat G be the semidirect product of a connected reductive group G over F_q with a finite cyclic group generated by a quasisemisimple automorphism of G defined over F_q. In this paper we prove a conjecture of G. Malle concerning the extensions of unipotent representations of G(F_q) to \hat G(F_q).

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arXiv2011

From conjugacy classes in the Weyl group to unipotent classes, III

Let G be an affine algebraic group over an algebraically closed field such that the identity component G^0 of G is reductive. Let W be the Weyl group of G and let D be a connected component of G whose image in G/G^0 is a unipotent element. In this paper we define a map from the set of "twisted conjugay classes" in W to the set of unipotent G^0-conjugacy classes in D, generalizing an earlier construction which applied when G is connected.

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arXiv2011

From conjugacy classes in the Weyl group to unipotent classes, II

Let G be a connected reductive group over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p. In an earlier paper we defined a surjective map Φ_p from the set \underline{W} of conjugacy classes in the Weyl group W to the set of unipotent classes in G. Here we prove three results about Φ_p. First we show that Φ_p has a canonical one sided inverse. Next we show that Φ_0 =rΦ_p for a unique map r. Finally we construct a natural surjective map from \underline{W} to the set of special representations of W which is the composition of Φ_0 with another natural map; we show that this map depends only on the Coxeter group structure of W. We also define the special conjugacy classes in W (in 1-1 correspondence with the special representations of W) and describe them explicitly for each simple type.

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arXiv2011

On certain varieties attached to a Weyl group element

Let w be an elliptic element of the Weyl group of a connected reductive group G. Let X be the set of pairs (g,B) where g is an element of G, B is a Borel subgroup of G and B,gBg^{-1} are in relative position w. Then G acts naturally on X. Assume that w has minimal length in its conjugacy class. We show that the set of G-orbits in X has a well defined structure of an affine algebraic variety V. When G is a classical group we show that this variety is an affine space modulo the action of a finite diagonalizable group. In this case we also construct some nontrivial automorphisms of X.

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arXiv2010

On C-small conjugacy classes in a reductive group

Let G be an almost simple reductive group with Weyl group W. Let B be a Borel subgroup of G. Let C be an elliptic conjugacy class in W and let w be an element of minimal length of C. We investigate the existence of a semisimple class of G whose intersection with BwB has dimension dim(B). We show that in good characteristic such a semisimple class exists almost always.

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arXiv2010

Elliptic elements in a Weyl group: a homogeneity property

Let G be a reductive group over an algebraically closed field whose characteristic is not a bad prime for G. Let w be an elliptic element of the Weyl group which has minimal length in its conjugacy class. We show that there exists a unique unipotent class X in G such that the following holds: if V is the variety of pairs consisting of an element g in X and a Borel subgroup B such that B,gBg^{-1} are in relative position w, then V is a homogeneous G-space.

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arXiv2010

From unipotent classes to conjugacy classes in the Weyl group

Let G be a connected reductive group. We define a map from the set of unipotent classes in G to the set of conjugacy classes in the Weyl group (assuming that the characteristic is not bad). This map is a one sided inverse of a map in the opposite direction constructed in an earlier paper.

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arXiv2010

Bruhat decomposition and applications

This is (the English translation of) a lecture given at a one day conference in memory of F. Bruhat held at the Institut Poincaré, Paris. We discuss the history and significance of the Bruhat decomposition of a reductive group.

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arXiv2009

Parabolic character sheaves, III

We define character sheaves on an ind-variety of the form G((t))/U_P where G((t)) is a loop group and U_P is the prounipotent radical of a parahoric subgroup P of G((t)).

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