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September 24, 2010
Friday, September 24
Algebra Seminar
Time: 14:30
Speaker: Andrey Minchenko (Western)
Title: "Enhanced Dynkin diagrams"
Room: MC 107

Abstract: The root system R of a complex semisimple Lie algebra is uniquely determined by its basis (also called a simple root system). It is natural to ask whether all homomorphisms of root systems come from homomorphisms of their bases. Since the Dynkin diagram of R is, in general, not large enough to contain the diagrams of all subsystems of R, the answer to this question is negative. We introduce a canonical enlargement of a basis (called an enhanced basis) for which the stated question has a positive answer. We use the name an enhanced Dynkin diagram for a diagram representing an enhanced basis. These diagrams in combination with other new tools (mosets, core groups) allow one to obtain a transparent picture of the natural partial order between Weyl orbits of subsystems in R.