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CHARACTERISTIC CYCLES OF HIGHEST WEIGHT HARISH-CHANDRA MODULES FOR Sp(2n,R)

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Characteristic cycles, leading term cycles, associated varieties and Harish-Chandra cells are computed for the family of highest weight Harish-Chandra modules for Sp(2n;R) having regular integral infinitesimal character.

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BARCHINI, L., ZIERAU, R. CHARACTERISTIC CYCLES OF HIGHEST WEIGHT HARISH-CHANDRA MODULES FOR Sp(2n,R). Transformation Groups 22, 591–630 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-017-9423-z

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