Given a semisimple algebraic group G, we characterize the normality and the smoothness of its simple linear compactifications, namely those equivariant G×G -compactifications possessing a unique closed orbit which arise in a projective space of the shape ℙ(End(V)) , where V is a finite dimensional rational G -module. Both the characterizations are purely combinatorial and are expressed in terms of the highest weights of V . In particular, we show that Sp(2r) (with r⩾1) is the unique non-adjoint simple group which admits a simple smooth compactification.

Normality and smoothness of simple linear group compactifications

GANDINI, Jacopo;
2013

Abstract

Given a semisimple algebraic group G, we characterize the normality and the smoothness of its simple linear compactifications, namely those equivariant G×G -compactifications possessing a unique closed orbit which arise in a projective space of the shape ℙ(End(V)) , where V is a finite dimensional rational G -module. Both the characterizations are purely combinatorial and are expressed in terms of the highest weights of V . In particular, we show that Sp(2r) (with r⩾1) is the unique non-adjoint simple group which admits a simple smooth compactification.
2013
Group compactifications; Semisimple algebraic groups
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