Arxiv:0806.3256V2 [Math.RT] 12 Dec 2008 Vector a Sdsrbn Nafiespace Affine an Describing As Ment 1.1
GALE DUALITY AND KOSZUL DUALITY TOM BRADEN, ANTHONY LICATA, NICHOLAS PROUDFOOT, AND BEN WEBSTER ABSTRACT. Given a hyperplane arrangement in an affine space equipped with a linear functional, we define two finite-dimensional, noncommutative algebras, both of which are motivated by the geometry of hypertoric varieties. We show that these algebras are Koszul dual to each other, and that the roles of the two algebras are reversed by Gale duality. We also study the centers and representation categories of our algebras, which are in many ways analogous to integral blocks of category O. 1. INTRODUCTION In this paper we define and study a class of finite-dimensional graded algebras which are related to the combinatorics of hyperplane arrangements and to the ge- ometry of hypertoric varieties. The categories of representations of these algebras are similar in structure to the integral blocks of category O, originally introduced by Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand [BGG76]. Our categories share many important proper- ties with such blocks, including a highest weight structure, a Koszul grading, and a relationship with the geometry of a symplectic variety. As with category O, there is a nice interpretation of Koszul duality in our setting, and there are interesting families of functors between our categories. In this paper we take a combinatorial approach, analogous to that taken by Stroppel in her study of category O [Str03]. In a subsequent paper [BLPWa] we will take an approach to these categories more analogous to the classical perspective on category O; we will realize them as cate- arXiv:0806.3256v2 [math.RT] 12 Dec 2008 gories of modules over an infinite dimensional algebra, and as a certain category of sheaves on a hypertoric variety, related by a localization theorem extending that of Beilinson-Bernstein [BB81].
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