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Integral homology of loop groups via Langlands dual groups

Abstract

Let K be a connected compact Lie group, and G its complexification. The homology of the based loop group ΩK with integer coefficients is naturally a Z-Hopf algebra. After possibly inverting 2 or 3, we identify H∗(ΩK, Z) with the Hopf algebra of algebraic functions on B∨ e , where B^∨ is a Borel subgroup of the Langlands dual group scheme G^∨ of G and B^∨ e is the centralizer in B^∨ of a regular nilpotent element e ∈ LieB^∨. We also give a similar interpretation for the equivariant homology of ΩK under the maximal torus action.

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© Copyright 2011 American Mathematical Society The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. Received by the editors September 29, 2009 and, in revised form, October 24, 2010. The research of Z.Y. is supported by the National Science Foundation under the agreement No. DMS-0635607. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The research of X.Z. was partially conducted during the period he was employed by the Clay Mathematics Institute as a Liftoff Fellow.

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49872
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10.1090/S1088-4165-2011-00399-X
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DMS-0635607
Clay Mathematics Institute

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