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Partial differential equation approach to F 4

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Singular vectors of a representation of a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra are weight vectors in the underlying module that are nullified by positive root vectors. In this article, we use partial differential equations to explicitly find all the singular vectors of the polynomial representation of the simple Lie algebra of type F 4 over its 26-dimensional basic irreducible module, which also supplements a proof of the completeness of Brion’s abstractly described generators. Moreover, we show that the number of irreducible submodules contained in the space of homogeneous harmonic polynomials with degree k ⩾ 2 is greater than or equal to 〚k/3〛 + 〚(k − 2)/3〛 + 2.

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  1. Hua Loo-Keng Key Mathematical Laboratory, Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics & System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

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Xu, X. Partial differential equation approach to F 4 . Front. Math. China 6, 759–774 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11464-011-0131-z

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