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We study the space of Iwahori subalgebras containing a given element of a semisimple Lie algebra over C((ɛ)). We also define and study a map from nilpotent orbits in a semisimple Lie algebra over C to conjugacy classes in the Weyl group.
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Both authors were supported in part by the National Science Foundation.
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Kazhdan, D., Lusztig, G. Fixed point varieties on affine flag manifolds. Israel J. Math. 62, 129–168 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02787119
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