Iwahori generation · Proposition III

Sufficient conditions

Three conditions, checked one finite level of \(LX\) at a time, that force \(\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}=\mathcal C_I\).

1 · The question

For which \(X\) is \(\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}=\mathcal C_I\)? Proposition II shows that it fails for the group. Proposition III gives a sufficient condition, modelled on the paper's proof of spherical generation but checked on one finite level \((N,M)\) of \(LX\) at a time, so that an orbit closure may contain infinitely many \(I\)-orbits:

$$\underbrace{\text{I1 finite levels},\qquad\text{I2 connected stabilizers},\qquad\text{I3 triangularity on pieces}}_{\text{at every level }(N,M)}\ \Longrightarrow\ \mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}=\mathcal C_I .$$

Proposition IV checks the conditions on \(\mathbb A^n\) under \(\mathrm{GL}_n\), where they hold although every orbit closure is infinite, on the group, where I3 fails, and on \(\mathbb G_m\). Function level: Iwahori pages, Corollary D, and 𝔸ⁿ pages; no implication between the two levels is proved.

2 · Definitions

  • Iwahori orbits on \(LX\)

    \(\mathcal V\) is the set of \(I\)-orbits \(O_v\subseteq LX\), ordered by \(u\le v\iff O_u\subseteq\overline{O_v}\). Chen–Yi parametrize \(\mathcal V\) for symmetric \(X\), prove that each \(\overline{O_v}\) is placid and a finite union of orbits, and present \(LX=\varinjlim_v\overline{O_v}\) as an \(I\)-placid ind-scheme (the paper's ). For \(\mathbb A^n\) each closure is a lattice and contains infinitely many orbits (𝔸ⁿ, orbits lemma).

  • Levels, pieces and their standard objects

    A level presentation is

    $$LX=\varinjlim_N Y_N,\qquad Y_N=\varprojlim_M Y_{N,M},\qquad\pi_{N,M}:Y_N\to Y_{N,M},$$

    with \(Y_N\) closed, \(I\)-stable and placid (for instance an orbit closure), \(Y_{N,M}\) of finite type, \(\pi_{N,M}\) smooth, affine and surjective, and \(I\) acting on \(Y_{N,M}\) through a finite-dimensional quotient \(I/I_{N,M}\). Then

    $$\begin{gathered}\text{piece of level }(N,M):\quad P=\pi_{N,M}^{-1}(o),\qquad o\subseteq Y_{N,M}\text{ an }I/I_{N,M}\text{-orbit},\\[6pt]\mathcal P_{N,M}:=\{\text{pieces of level }(N,M)\},\qquad P'\le P\iff P'\subseteq\overline P,\qquad\Delta_P:=j_{P!}\,\underline k_P,\\[6pt]\mathcal C_I^{(N,M)}:=\{\pi_{N,M}^*\bar{\mathcal F}\ \text{extended by zero}:\ \bar{\mathcal F}\in\mathcal D_c(I/I_{N,M}\backslash Y_{N,M})\}\subseteq\mathcal C_I .\end{gathered}$$

    Pieces of one level partition \(Y_N\); each is \(I\)-stable, locally closed and a union of \(I\)-orbits, and \(\overline P=\pi_{N,M}^{-1}(\overline o)\), so \(\partial P:=\overline P\setminus P\) is a union of lower pieces of the same level. An orbit pulled back from a finite level is a piece for \(M\gg0\), with \(\Delta_P=i_{v!}\underline k\); an orbit of infinite codimension, such as \(\{0\}\subseteq L\mathbb A^n\), is never a piece and has no standard object in \(\mathcal C_I\).

    Example A · \(\mathbb A^n\) under \(\mathrm{GL}_n\) (IIa). Lattices give the levels, and the finite-dimensional quotient is a congruence quotient of \(I\):

    $$Y_N=t^{-N}\mathcal O^n,\qquad Y_{N,M}=t^{-N}\mathcal O^n/t^M\mathcal O^n\simeq\mathbb A^{(N+M)n},\qquad I_{N,M}=1+t^{N+M}M_n(\mathcal O).$$

    The \(I/I_{N,M}\)-orbits on \(Y_{N,M}\) are the images of the orbits \(O_{m,j}\) with \(-N\le m<M\) and the point \(0\); so

    $$\mathcal P_{N,M}=\{O_{m,j}:-N\le m<M,\ 1\le j\le n\}\sqcup\{T_M\},\qquad T_M:=\pi_{N,M}^{-1}(0)=t^M\mathcal O^n=\{0\}\sqcup\bigsqcup_{m\ge M,\,j}O_{m,j},\qquad\Delta_{T_M}=\underline k_{T_M}.$$

    The closed piece \(T_M\) contains infinitely many orbits; raising \(M\) splits off \(n\) more of them.

    Example B · the group \(X=H\) under \(H\times H\) (IV.2). Bruhat closures give the levels, and the quotient is by the right action of a congruence subgroup \(I_M=\ker(I\to H(\mathcal O/t^M))\):

    $$Y_N=\bigcup_{\ell(w)\le N}\overline{IwI},\qquad Y_{N,M}=Y_N/I_M,\qquad I_{N,M}=I_{M'}\ \text{ with }M'\ge M\text{ such that }w^{-1}I_{M'}w\subseteq I_M\text{ for all }\ell(w)\le N .$$

    Each \(IvI\) is right \(I_M\)-stable, so it is the preimage of its image, and the pieces are the orbits at every level:

    $$\mathcal P_{N,M}=\{IvI:\ v\le w,\ \ell(w)\le N\},\qquad\Delta_P=\Delta_v=j_{v!}\,\underline k_{IvI},\qquad|\mathcal P_{N,M}|=\#\{v\in\widetilde W:v\le w\text{ for some }\ell(w)\le N\}<\infty .$$

    Every piece is an orbit, so here a level presentation is the Bruhat stratification.

  • The affine Lusztig–Vogan module and the orbit graph

    Chen–Yi's module \(M\) is the free \(\mathbb Z[q^{\pm1/2}]\)-module on the pairs \((\xi,v)\), \(\xi\) an \(I\)-equivariant local system on \(O_v\), with the action of the affine Hecke algebra \(\mathcal H\) of \(G\) given by their formula (29): \(T_s\) acts on \(e_{\xi,v}\) by a combination of \(e_{\xi,v}\) and of \(e_{\xi',v'}\) for the orbits \(v'\) of \(P_s\cdot O_v\), according to the type of \(v\) for \(s\) (the affine form of the Lusztig–Vogan and Mars–Springer tables). The class of \(\mathcal F\in\mathcal C_I\) is \([\mathcal F]=\sum_{v,\xi,i}(-1)^i\operatorname{rk}H^i(i_v^*\mathcal F)_\xi\,e_{\xi,v}\) at \(q=1\), and \([\Delta_s\ast\mathcal F]=T_s\cdot[\mathcal F]\). The orbit graph has vertex set \(\mathcal V\) and an edge \(v\to v'\) for each simple affine \(s\) and each orbit \(v'\ne v\) in \(P_s\cdot O_v\) on which \(T_se_v\) has a nonzero coefficient. It is the tool for checking I3 on a symmetric \(X\).

3 · Hypotheses

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4 · Proposition III

Proposition III · Sufficient conditionsProved

Assume I1, I2 and I3. Then

$$\boxed{\ \mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}=\mathcal C_I .\ }$$

Checked on three cases, with every hypothesis verified: Proposition IV.

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Proof

Step 1 generates one level by standards; step 2 reaches each standard by induction inside the level; step 3 concludes.

  1. Method Dévissage at one level.

    $$Z\subseteq Y_N\ \text{a closed union of pieces of level }(N,M)\ \Longrightarrow\ \{\mathcal F\in\mathcal C_I^{(N,M)}:\operatorname{supp}\mathcal F\subseteq Z\}=\operatorname{Thick}\{\Delta_P:\ P\in\mathcal P_{N,M},\ P\subseteq Z\}.$$

    Proof
    • \(\pi_{N,M}^*\) is exact and commutes with \(j_!\) and \(i_*\) along preimages of locally closed subsets (smooth base change), and \(\pi_{N,M}^*j_{o!}\underline k_o=\Delta_P\) for \(P=\pi_{N,M}^{-1}(o)\). So it suffices to prove the statement on \(Y_{N,M}\), which has finitely many \(I/I_{N,M}\)-orbits (I1).
    • Induction on the number of orbits in \(\bar Z:=\pi_{N,M}(Z)\). Choose an orbit \(o\) open in \(\bar Z\), \(\bar Z'=\bar Z\setminus o\) closed. For \(\bar{\mathcal F}\) supported on \(\bar Z\): \(j_!j^*\bar{\mathcal F}\to\bar{\mathcal F}\to i_*i^*\bar{\mathcal F}\); \(j^*\bar{\mathcal F}\in\operatorname{Thick}\{\underline k_o\}\) by I2, so \(j_!j^*\bar{\mathcal F}\in\operatorname{Thick}\{j_{o!}\underline k_o\}\), and \(i_*i^*\bar{\mathcal F}\) is supported on \(\bar Z'\). Conclude by (T1).
  2. Method Induction inside one level: every standard is Iwahori-generated.

    $$\Delta_{P'}\in\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}\ \text{for all }P'<P\text{ in }\mathcal P_{N,M}\ \Longrightarrow\ \Delta_P\in\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}} .$$

    Proof
    • \(\mathcal P_{N,M}\) is finite (I1), so the induction is well founded even when orbit closures are infinite. Take \(\mathcal G\), \(Y\), \(A\) from I3. \(Y\in\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}\) and \(\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}\) is an \(\mathcal H_{c,I}\)-submodule (associativity and (T2)), so \(A\in\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}\).
    • With \(j:P\hookrightarrow\overline P\), \(i:\partial P\hookrightarrow\overline P\): in \(j_!j^*A\to A\to i_*i^*A\) the third term lies in \(\mathcal C_I^{(N,M)}\) and is supported on \(\partial P\), a closed union of pieces \(P'<P\); by step 1 and induction it lies in \(\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}\). By (T1), \(j_!j^*A\in\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}\).
    • By I3, \(j_!j^*A\simeq\bigoplus_s\Delta_P[d_s]\) with at least one summand, so \(\Delta_P\) is a retract of an object of \(\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}\), hence in it. (The paper's argument for Proposition 4.30, with \(\mathcal H_{c,I}\) and pieces.)
  3. Conclusion The claim.

    $$\mathcal C_I=\bigcup_{N,M}\mathcal C_I^{(N,M)}=\bigcup_{N,M}\operatorname{Thick}\{\Delta_P:P\in\mathcal P_{N,M}\}\subseteq\mathcal C_I^{\mathrm{Iwa}}\subseteq\mathcal C_I .$$

    Proof
    • I1, then step 1 with \(Z=Y_N\), then step 2 for every piece.
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