Coxeter Transformations, the McKay correspondence, and the Slodowy correspondence

Abstract

This talk was presented at Workshop "Spectral Methods in Representation Theory of Algebras and Applications to the Study of Rings of Singularities", 2008 (Banff, Canada). W. Ebeling established a connection between certain Poincare series, the Coxeter transformation C, and the corresponding affine Coxeter transformation C_a (in the context of the McKay correspondence). We consider the generalized Poincare series [\tilde{P}_G(t)]_0 for the case of multiply-laced diagrams(in the context of the McKay-Slodowy correspondence) and extend the Ebeling theorem for this case: [\tilde{P}_G(t)]_0 = X(t^2)/\tilde{X}(t^2), where X is the characteristic polynomial of the Coxeter transformation and \tilde{X} is the characteristic polynomial of the corresponding affine Coxeter transformation. We obtain that Poincare series coincide for pairs of diagrams obtained by folding: X ({\Gamma}) / X (\tilde{{\Gamma}}) = X ({\Gamma}^f) / X (\tilde{{\Gamma}}^f), where {\Gamma} is any (A, D, E type) Dynkin diagram, {\Gamma} is the extended Dynkin diagram, and the diagrams {\Gamma}^f and \tilde{{\Gamma}}^f are obtained by folding from {\Gamma} and \tilde{{\Gamma}}, respectively.