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Every sp2l\mathfrak{sp}_{2l}sp2l​-module free of rank one over U(n)U(\mathfrak{n})U(n) is some τ(c,φ)\tau(c,\varphi)τ(c,φ)

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SymplecticFreeModules.classificationExhaustive

by Shuze Chen · Aug 27, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

hamiltonian-lie-algebraslie-algebraspolynomial-modulesrepresentation-theorysymplectic-lie-algebras

Throughout, sp2l(C)\mathfrak{sp}_{2l}(\mathbb{C})sp2l​(C) is the symplectic Lie algebra with l≥2l \ge 2l≥2, realized concretely as 2l×2l2l\times 2l2l×2l matrices. Inside a maximal parabolic subalgebra sits the abelian nilradical n\mathfrak{n}n spanned by the symmetric matrix units Ti,j=Tj,iT_{i,j}=T_{j,i}Ti,j​=Tj,i​, and A=C[Ti,j:i≤j]A = \mathbb{C}[T_{i,j} : i \le j]A=C[Ti,j​:i≤j] is the polynomial algebra on the corresponding variables, which is a copy of U(n)U(\mathfrak{n})U(n).

The paper builds a two-parameter family of sp2l(C)\mathfrak{sp}_{2l}(\mathbb{C})sp2l​(C)-module structures on AAA, indexed by a scalar c∈Cc \in \mathbb{C}c∈C and a polynomial φ∈A\varphi \in Aφ∈A, written τ(c,φ)\tau(c,\varphi)τ(c,φ). Its defining property is that the generators act by the displayed explicit differential operators and that each Ti,jT_{i,j}Ti,j​ acts by multiplication by the variable Ti,jT_{i,j}Ti,j​, so that τ(c,φ)\tau(c,\varphi)τ(c,φ) is free of rank one over U(n)U(\mathfrak{n})U(n).

This theorem is the exhaustiveness half of the classification: the family τ(c,φ)\tau(c,\varphi)τ(c,φ) already contains every example. Precisely, if MMM is any sp2l(C)\mathfrak{sp}_{2l}(\mathbb{C})sp2l​(C)-module which is free of rank one over U(n)U(\mathfrak{n})U(n), then there are a scalar ccc and a polynomial φ\varphiφ and an intertwining linear isomorphism

M  ≅  τ(c,φ).M \;\cong\; \tau(c,\varphi) .M≅τ(c,φ).

Together with the uniqueness statement for the parameters, this is what turns a construction into a classification: the modules free of rank one over the abelian nilradical of a maximal parabolic in type ClC_lCl​ are exactly the τ(c,φ)\tau(c,\varphi)τ(c,φ), with no further examples.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_frame_2026_symplectic_free_modules_interfaces
Formal statement
namespace SymplecticFreeModules

open scoped TensorProduct

theorem classificationExhaustive (l : ℕ) (hl : 2 ≤ l)
    (P : GeneratorPresentation l) (hP : IsAbelianNilradicalSystem P)
    (tau : ℂ → Poly l → LieRepresentation (Sp l) (Poly l))
    (htau : IsTauFamily P tau) :
    ∀ (M : Type) [AddCommGroup M] [Module ℂ M]
      (rho : LieRepresentation (Sp l) M),
      IsFreeRankOneOverNilradical P rho →
        ∃ c phi, LieRepEquivalent rho (tau c phi) := by sorry

end SymplecticFreeModules
Source
Yang Chen and Haijun Tan, Simple sp_{2l}(C)-modules which are free over an abelian nilradical, Journal of Algebra 697 (2026), 341-372, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2026.02.022, Theorem 1.1 on pp. 343-344 and its formal counterpart Theorem 3.8 (every sp_{2l}(C)-module free of rank one over U(n) is isomorphic to some tau(c,phi)). This child isolates the first clause of `HasCoreClassification` in the mission goal statement.

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