A-CLASS-OF-T--STABLE-(P1-×-…-×-P1)’S-IN-GB.pdfVIP

1 1 A CLASS OF T -STABLE (P × × P )’S IN G/B CHRISTIAN OHN Abstract. Let G be a connected complex semi-simple group, B ⊂G a Borel subgroup, and T ⊂ B a maximal torus. We construct a class of smooth T - stable subvarieties inside the flag variety G/B, each of which is an embedding of a product of projective lines. 1. Introduction Let G be a connected complex semi-simple group. Let B be a Borel subgroup and consider the natural (left) action of a maximal torus T ⊂ B on the flag variety G/B . A number of authors have studied T -stable subvarieties in G/B ; see e.g. [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10]. In particular, all T -stable curves are known [3]: for each w in the Weyl group W := NG (T )/T and each root α, there is a unique T -stable curve through the T -fixed points wB and wsαB . Each of these curves is isomorphic to 1 the projective line P . In this note, we describe a class of higher dimensional smooth T -stable subva- rieties in G/B , generalizing those T -stable curves. More precisely, to each w ∈ W and each set {α , . . . , α } of pairwise orthogonal roots (in the weaker sense, i.e. 1 d the sum of two αk ’s may be a root), we associate a T -stable subvariety in G/B ′ ′ passing through all T -fixed points w B with w of the form: w times a product of some of the sαk . We then show (Theorem 4.1) that such a subvariety is a closed embedding into G/B of a product P1 × ×P1 of d projective lines. To the best of my knowledge, these varieties have not yet been