Simplicity of Rings of Differential Operators in Prime Characteristic

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dc.creatorSmith, Karen E.
dc.creatorBergh, Michel Van den
dc.date2002-09-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:51:05Z
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dc.descriptionLet W be a finite dimensional representation of a linearly reductive group G over a field k. Motivated by their work on classical rings of invariants, Levasseur and Stafford asked whether the ring of invariants under G of the symmetric algebra of W has a simple ring of differential operators. In this paper, we show that this is true in prime characteristic. Indeed, if R is a graded subring of a polynomial ring over a perfect field of characteristic p>0 and if the inclusionof R into S splits, then D_k(R) is a simple ring. In the last section of the paper, we discuss how one might try to deduce the characteristic zero case from this result. As yet, however, this is a subtle problem and the answer to the question of Levasseur and Stafford remains open in characteristic zero.
dc.description30 pages; Latex file; One minor difference between this version and published version: Incorrect justification for one easy statement in proof of Proposition 3.1.6 corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209275
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209275
dc.identifierProc. London Math. Soc. (3) 75 (1997), no. 1, 32--62
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/65021
dc.subjectRepresentation Theory
dc.subjectCommutative Algebra
dc.subjectRings and Algebras
dc.subject16S32; 16G60, 13A35
dc.titleSimplicity of Rings of Differential Operators in Prime Characteristic
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