The Cohen-Macaulay property of the category of (g, K)-modules

Joseph Bernstein*, Alexander Braverman, Dennis Gaitsgory

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Abstract

Let (g, K) be a Harish-Chandra pair. In this paper we prove that if P and P′ are two projective (g, K)-modules, then Hom(P, P′) is a Cohen-Macaulay module over the algebra Z(g, K) of K-invariant elements in the center of U(g). This fact implies that the category of (g, K)-modules is locally equivalent to the category of modules over a Cohen-Macaulay algebra, where by a Cohen-Macaulay algebra we mean an associative algebra that is a free finitely generated module over a polynomial subalgebra of its center.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)303-314
Number of pages12
JournalSelecta Mathematica, New Series
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

Keywords

  • (g, K)-modules
  • Cohen-Macaulay categories
  • Grothendieck duality

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