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Let $G$ be a simple algebraic group over the complex field $\mathbb C$, $P$ a parabolic subgroup containing $B$ its Borel subgroup, $P'$ its derived group and $\mathfrak m$ the Lie algebra of its nilradical. The nilfibre $\mathscr N$ for this action is the zero locus of the augmentation $\mathscr I_+$ of the semi-invariant algebra $\mathscr I=\mathbb C[\mathfrak m]^{P'}$. For $G=SL(n)$ practically nothing was known previously. The only result of comparable, but lesser complexity, is for $\mathscr V:=\mathscr O\cap \mathfrak n$, with $\mathscr O$ a nilptent $G$ orbit and $\mathfrak n$ the set of strictly upper triangular matrices. Then $\mathscr V$ is equidimensional with components known as orbital varieties, parameterised by standard tableaux whose shape is dictated by $\mathscr O$. Here the components of $\mathscr N$ are studied for $G=SL(n)$. They increase exponentially in $n$ with no a priori discernable pattern. For each choice of numerical data $\mathcal C$, a semi-standard tableau $\mathscr T^\mathcal C$, is constructed from $\mathscr T$. A \textit{delicate and tightly interlocking} analysis constructs a set of excluded root vectors from $\mathfrak m$ such that the complementary space $\mathfrak u^\mathcal C$ has the following properties. First it is a subalgebra of $\mathfrak m$. Secondly $\mathscr C:=\overline{B.\mathfrak u^\mathcal C}$ lies in $\mathscr N$ to which, thirdly, a Weierstrass section can be associated. Fourthly $\dim \mathscr C = dim \mathfrak m-\textbf{g}$, where \textbf{g} is the number of generators of the polynomial algebra $\mathscr I$. Fifthly the Weierstrass section, is shown to imply that $\mathscr C$ an irreducible component of $\mathscr N$, yet $\mathscr C$ is \textit{ only sometimes} an orbital variety closure. The resulting Component Map $\mathscr T^\mathcal C\mapsto\mathscr C$ is shown to be injective. Evidence for its surjectivity is given.

A "Composition map" is constructed, leaning heavily on earlier work [Y. Fittouhi and A. Joseph, Parabolic adjoint action, Weierstrass sections and components of the nilfibre in type $A$, Indag Math. and Y. Fittouhi and A. Joseph, The canonical component of the nilfibre for parabolic adjoint action, Weierstrass sections in type $A$, preprint, Weizmann, 2021]. It defines a composition tableau which recovers the "canonical" Weierstrass section $e+V$ described in the first paper above. Moreover \textit{without reference to this earlier work}, it is then shown that $e+V$ is indeed a Weierstrass section. This results in a huge simplification. Moreover one may read off from the composition tableau the "VS quadruplets'' of the second of the above papers, thereby describing the "canonical component" of the nil-fibre in which $e$ lies but does not of itself determine.

This work is a continuation of [Fittouhi and Joseph, Parabolic adjoint action, Weierstrass Sections and components of the nilfibre in type $A$]. Let $P$ be a parabolic subgroup of an irreducible simple algebraic group $G$, $P'$ its derived group and $\mathfrak m$ be the nilradical to its Lie algebra. A theorem of Richardson implies that the subalgebra $\mathbb C[\mathfrak m]^{P'}$, spanned by the $P$ semi-invariants in $\mathbb C[\mathfrak m]$, is polynomial. A linear subvariety $e+V$ of $\mathfrak m$ is is called a Weierstrass section for the action of $P'$ on $\mathfrak m$, if the restriction map induces an isomorphism of $\mathbb C[\mathfrak m]^{P'}$ onto $\mathbb C[e+V]$. Thus a Weierstrass section can exist only if the latter is polynomial, but even when this holds its existence is far from assured. The existence of a Weierstrass section $e+V$ in $\mathfrak m$ was established by a general combinatorial construction. Notably $e \in \mathscr N$ and is a sum of root vectors with linearly independent roots. The Weierstraass section $e+V$ looks very different for different choices of parabolics but nevertheless has a uniform construction and exists in all cases. It is called the "canonical Weierstrass section". It was announced in [Fittouhi and Joseph, loc. cit.] that one may augment $e$ to an element $e_{VS}$ by adjoining root vectors. Then the linear span $E_{VS}$ of these root vectors lies in $\mathscr N^e$ and its closure is just $\mathscr N^e$. Yet this result shows that $\mathscr N^e$ need not admit a dense $P$ orbit. However this theorem was only verified in the special case needed to obtain the example showing that $\mathscr N^e$ may fail to admit a dense $P$ orbit. Here a general proof is given. Finally a map from compositions to the set of distinct non-negative integers is defined. Its image is shown to determine the canonical Weierstrass section.