Spherical Roots of Spherical Varieties in Characteristic 2
Barbara Schalke (Erlangen)
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                            Jul 17, 2014  from 03:15 pm to 04:15 pm  | 
                
| Where | Mainz, 05-432 (Hilbertraum) | 
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The embeddings of a spherical homogeneous space G/H are classified using
G-invariant valuations of the function field. These can be seen in a certain
Q-vector space where they form a cone. Michel Brion proved that in
characteristic zero this is an antidominant fundamental domain for a finite
reflection group generated by the so-called spherical roots of the variety.
This was recently generalized by Friedrich Knop to odd characteristics. After
giving an introduction to the embedding theory I will present interesting
counterexamples in characteristic two. 

