From conjugacy classes in the Weyl group to unipotent classes
Author:
G. Lusztig
Journal:
Represent. Theory 15 (2011), 494-530
MSC (2010):
Primary 20G99
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S1088-4165-2011-00396-4
Published electronically:
June 8, 2011
MathSciNet review:
2833465
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Abstract: Let $G$ be a connected reductive algebraic group over an algebraic closed field. We define a (surjective) map from the set of conjugacy classes in the Weyl group to the set of unipotent classes in $G$.
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G. Lusztig
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
MR Author ID:
117100
Received by editor(s):
April 22, 2010
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
August 11, 2010
Published electronically:
June 8, 2011
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Supported in part by the National Science Foundation
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