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Looijenga–Lunts–Verbitsky (LLV) decomposition

The Looijenga–Lunts–Verbitsky (LLV) Lie algebra acts on cohomology of every compact hyperkähler manifold. For a very general member of a deformation type, this gives a decomposition of $\operatorname{H}^\ast(X,\mathbb{Q})$ into irreducible representations of an orthogonal Lie algebra determined by $\mathrm{b}_2(X)$.

For ${\mathrm K3}^{[n]}$-type this is controlled by $\mathfrak{so}(25)$; for $\mathrm{Kum}_n$-type by $\mathfrak{so}(9)$; and for the sporadic types by their corresponding LLV algebras. Each LLV summand is compatible with the Hodge decomposition: it breaks into irreducible Hodge structures, and the shifts in degree are visible on the per-type panels on the main page.

The notation in the interface is: $V_\lambda$ for the irreducible LLV representation of highest weight $\lambda$, and $\bar V$ for the induced Hodge structure on $\operatorname{H}^2(X,\mathbb{Q})$. We display \[ \operatorname{H}^\ast(X,\mathbb{Q})=\bigoplus_{\lambda}V_\lambda^{\oplus m_\lambda} \] and refine each $V_\lambda$ into irreducible Hodge structures by degree shifts.

Lie algebra structure used in the display.

Background and expository references: [MR1465328, MR1406664, MR4516501].


References
MR1465328
Looijenga, E., & Lunts, V. A. (1997). A Lie algebra attached to a projective variety. Invent. Math., 129(2), 361–412. doi:10.1007/s002220050168 MR1465328
MR1406664
Verbitsky, M. (1996). Cohomology of compact hyper-Kähler manifolds and its applications. Geom. Funct. Anal., 6(4), 601–611. doi:10.1007/BF02246797 MR1406664
MR4516501
Oberdieck, G., & Song, J. (2022). The LLV decomposition of hyperkähler cohomology and applications to the Nagai conjecture (after Green-Kim-Laza-Robles). Milan J. Math., 90(2), 485–501. doi:10.1007/s00032-022-00362-1 MR4516501