Separation of unitary representations of .
Denote by , , the regular tree whose vertices have valence , its boundary. Yu. A. Neretin has proposed a group of transformations of , thought of as a combinatorial analogue of the diffeomorphism group of the circle. We show that is generated by two groups: the group of tree automorphisms, and a Higman-Thompson group . We prove the simplicity of and of a family of its subgroups.
This article studies components of Springer fibers for that are associated to closed orbits of on the flag variety of . These components occur in any Springer fiber. In contrast to the case of arbitrary components, these components are smooth varieties. Using results of Barchini and Zierau we show these components are iterated bundles and are stable under the action of a maximal torus of . We prove that if is a line bundle on the flag variety associated to a dominant weight, then the higher...