A simplified proof of the reduction point crossing sign formula for Verma modules
The Unitary Dual Problem is one of the most important open problems in mathematics: classify the irreducible unitary representations of a group. That is, classify all irreducible representations admitting a definite invariant Hermitian form. Signatures of invariant Hermitian forms on Verma modules...
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| Date: | 2020 |
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| Language: | English |
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Lugansk National Taras Shevchenko University
2020
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| Online Access: | https://admjournal.luguniv.edu.ua/index.php/adm/article/view/1218 |
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| Journal Title: | Algebra and Discrete Mathematics |
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Algebra and Discrete Mathematics| Summary: | The Unitary Dual Problem is one of the most important open problems in mathematics: classify the irreducible unitary representations of a group. That is, classify all irreducible representations admitting a definite invariant Hermitian form. Signatures of invariant Hermitian forms on Verma modules are important to finding the unitary dual of a real reductive Lie group. By a philosophy of Vogan introduced in [Vog84], signatures of invariant Hermitian forms on irreducible Verma modules may be computed by varying the highest weight and tracking how signatures change at reducibility points (see [Yee05]). At each reducibility point there is a sign \(\varepsilon\) governing how the signature changes. A formula for \(\varepsilon\) was first determined in [Yee05] and simplified in [Yee19]. The proof of the simplification was complicated. We simplify the proof in this note. |
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