Simple couter-example of preservation of Jordan-Chevalley decomposition
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I was going through chapter 9 of Fulton and Harris, as I am teaching the course, and ran across the example of the Lie algebra $mathbb{C}$, with the following representation:
begin{equation}
rho: t mapsto begin{pmatrix} t & t \ 0 & 0 end{pmatrix}
end{equation}
The book presents this as an example where the matrix is ``neither diagonalizable nor nilpotent'', and where neither the semisimple and nilpotent parts will be in the image of $rho$.
The point they want to showcase is how the semisimplicity of the Lie algebra is crucial.
I'm having trouble with this example, as the matrix in question is already semisimple as it stands.
Can anyone `fix' this example, or show me another neat representation of $mathbb{C}$ where J.C. decomposition is not preserved?
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I was going through chapter 9 of Fulton and Harris, as I am teaching the course, and ran across the example of the Lie algebra $mathbb{C}$, with the following representation:
begin{equation}
rho: t mapsto begin{pmatrix} t & t \ 0 & 0 end{pmatrix}
end{equation}
The book presents this as an example where the matrix is ``neither diagonalizable nor nilpotent'', and where neither the semisimple and nilpotent parts will be in the image of $rho$.
The point they want to showcase is how the semisimplicity of the Lie algebra is crucial.
I'm having trouble with this example, as the matrix in question is already semisimple as it stands.
Can anyone `fix' this example, or show me another neat representation of $mathbb{C}$ where J.C. decomposition is not preserved?
representation-theory
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I was going through chapter 9 of Fulton and Harris, as I am teaching the course, and ran across the example of the Lie algebra $mathbb{C}$, with the following representation:
begin{equation}
rho: t mapsto begin{pmatrix} t & t \ 0 & 0 end{pmatrix}
end{equation}
The book presents this as an example where the matrix is ``neither diagonalizable nor nilpotent'', and where neither the semisimple and nilpotent parts will be in the image of $rho$.
The point they want to showcase is how the semisimplicity of the Lie algebra is crucial.
I'm having trouble with this example, as the matrix in question is already semisimple as it stands.
Can anyone `fix' this example, or show me another neat representation of $mathbb{C}$ where J.C. decomposition is not preserved?
representation-theory
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I was going through chapter 9 of Fulton and Harris, as I am teaching the course, and ran across the example of the Lie algebra $mathbb{C}$, with the following representation:
begin{equation}
rho: t mapsto begin{pmatrix} t & t \ 0 & 0 end{pmatrix}
end{equation}
The book presents this as an example where the matrix is ``neither diagonalizable nor nilpotent'', and where neither the semisimple and nilpotent parts will be in the image of $rho$.
The point they want to showcase is how the semisimplicity of the Lie algebra is crucial.
I'm having trouble with this example, as the matrix in question is already semisimple as it stands.
Can anyone `fix' this example, or show me another neat representation of $mathbb{C}$ where J.C. decomposition is not preserved?
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Sure, just take the representation $$t mapsto left( begin{matrix} t & t \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)=left( begin{matrix} t & 0 \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)+left( begin{matrix} 0 & t \ 0 & 0 end{matrix} right).$$
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Sure, just take the representation $$t mapsto left( begin{matrix} t & t \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)=left( begin{matrix} t & 0 \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)+left( begin{matrix} 0 & t \ 0 & 0 end{matrix} right).$$
Thanks! Nice and simple.
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Sure, just take the representation $$t mapsto left( begin{matrix} t & t \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)=left( begin{matrix} t & 0 \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)+left( begin{matrix} 0 & t \ 0 & 0 end{matrix} right).$$
Thanks! Nice and simple.
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Sure, just take the representation $$t mapsto left( begin{matrix} t & t \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)=left( begin{matrix} t & 0 \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)+left( begin{matrix} 0 & t \ 0 & 0 end{matrix} right).$$
Sure, just take the representation $$t mapsto left( begin{matrix} t & t \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)=left( begin{matrix} t & 0 \ 0 & t end{matrix} right)+left( begin{matrix} 0 & t \ 0 & 0 end{matrix} right).$$
answered Nov 16 at 14:37
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Thanks! Nice and simple.
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Thanks! Nice and simple.
– Andrés Collinucci
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Thanks! Nice and simple.
– Andrés Collinucci
2 days ago
Thanks! Nice and simple.
– Andrés Collinucci
2 days ago
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