Degenerate flag varieties of type A: Frobenius splitting and BW theorem

Evgeny Feigin*, Michael Finkelberg

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Abstract

Let Fλa be the PBW degeneration of the flag varieties of type An-1. These varieties are singular and are acted upon with the degenerate Lie group SLna. We prove that Fλa have rational singularities, are normal and locally complete intersections, and construct a desingularization Rλ of Fλa. The varieties Rλ can be viewed as towers of successive ℙ1-fibrations, thus providing an analogue of the classical Bott-Samelson-Demazure-Hansen desingularization. We prove that the varieties Rλ are Frobenius split. This gives us Frobenius splitting for the degenerate flag varieties and allows to prove the Borel-Weil type theorem for Fλa. Using the Atiyah-Bott-Lefschetz formula for Rλ, we compute the q-characters of the highest weight sln-modules.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)55-77
Number of pages23
JournalMathematische Zeitschrift
Volume275
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2013
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
AG Laboratory HSE
Russian Foundation for Basic Research12-01-00070, 12-01-00944
Dynasty Foundation
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation2012-1.1-12-000-1011-016
National Research University Higher School of Economics12-05-0014, 11-01-0017, G34.31.0023

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