Questions tagged [modular-representation-theory]
For questions about modular representation theory, the study of representations over a field of positive characteristic.
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Has the positivity part in Lusztig's conjecture been solved?
In Lusztig's paper "BASE IN EQUIVARIANT K- THEORY Ⅱ", He stated a conjecture about the positivity of coefficients in his famous conjecture.
Precisely, (In 9.20) He conjectured that
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Modular invariants of special linear groups acting on exterior powers
In general it can be very difficult to compute the invariants of a group acting on a module which is not a vector space over an infinite field. I am interested in the following example, motivated by ...
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Context for Wiles defect criterion and patching
This is not a homework or a project question, just me trying to get acquainted to the subject: I am an MSc student who recently came across the Wiles defect numerical criterion (see, for example, ...
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When is the group algebra a product of local rings up to Morita equivalence?
Let $KG$ be the group algebra of a finite group $G$ over a field of characteristic $p$.
Question 1: Is there a characterisation when $KG$ is Morita equivalent to a product of local rings?
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Pure, residual, 2-dimensional, semisimple $G_{\mathbb{Q}}$ representations
Let $G_{\mathbb{Q}}$ be the absolute Galois group of the rationals. I want to know how many isomorphism classes of 2-dimensional, irreducible, pure Galois representations are there over a finite field ...
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How to compute the character of the Steinberg module for the group $\mathrm{SL}_n$ over a field of characteristic $p$?
It is known that the Steinberg representation $V$ of the group $\mathrm{SL}_n$ over a field $k$ of characteristic $p$ (maybe one needs to assume that $k$ is perfect, I am not sure) is the irreducible ...
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Characters of simple $\mathfrak{sl}_n$-modules in positive characteristic with subregular nilpotent central character
Consider representations of $\mathfrak{sl}_n$ in positive characteristic with a subregular nilpotent central character $\chi$ (i.e. $\chi$ is a nilpotent matrix whose Jordan normal form has two blocks ...
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An analog of a BGG resolution in subregular case in positive characteristic
Consider representations of $\mathfrak{sl}_n$ in positive characteristic with a subregular nilpotent central character $\chi$. For every regular weight $\lambda$ of $\mathfrak{sl}_n$, we have the ...
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Dual Coxeter numbers, Langlands dual groups, black holes and twisted compactification of 6d (2,0) A D E theories on a circle
A 6-dimensional (2,0) superconformal quantum field theory comes in Lie algebra A, D, E types. These theories do not have classical Lagrangian and are purely quantum.These theories on a torus ...
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Irreducibility of adjoint representation
Let $ \mathbb{F} $ be a finite field of characteristic $ p\geq 5 $, $ G $ a finite group and $ \rho:G\to {\rm GL}_{2}(\mathbb{F}) $ be a representation of $ G $. By $ \text{ad}^{0}(\rho) $ we denote ...
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Frobenius kernel by Greenberg functor
I was not able to find much on representation theory (with a geometric perspective) of algebraic groups over local artinian rings. In particular, studying on the classic book of Jantzen, I was asking ...
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Modularity and Galois representations notation
Reading some literature concerning modularity of elliptic curves, more particularly the study of the corresponding Galois representations I sometimes see $$\rho_{E,p} \simeq \rho_{\mathfrak{f},p}$$ ...
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$p$-centric subgroups control fusion
Given two finite groups $G,H$ such that
$$\displaystyle\bigoplus_{Q\cong L\leq G\ \mathrm{up\ to}\ G\mathrm{-conjugation}}{\mathbb{F}_p\Bigg[\frac{\mathrm{Out}(L)}{\mathrm{Out}_G(L)}\Bigg]}\cong\...
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Brauer pairs associated to a normalizer subsystem in the fusion system of a block of a finite group
Let $G$ be a finite group and let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic $p$. Let $b$ be a block of $kG$ and let $(P,e)$ be a maximal $(G,b)$-Brauer pair. For every subgroup $...
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Can we use formal groups to recover Lie-theoretic representation theory in characteristic p?
In differential geometry, Lie's theorems allow us to integrate any Lie algebra representation to a Lie group representation. The algebraic version of this is more complicated (and I'm not terribly ...
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Examples of a group $G$ and an $F$-representation $V$ where $\cup:H^1(G,F)\otimes H^1(G,V)\to H^2(G,V)$ is injective
Let $G$ be a group and $F$ a field. I am particularly interested in the case where $G$ is a uniform lattice in a Lie group and $F=\mathbb{F}_2$, or in finite groups $G$ where
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Representation theory of $\text{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})$
The group $\text{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})$ is the group of two-by-two matrices with integer entries and determinant one. This is a very simple definition. Yet its representation theory seems quite wild to me ...
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What do the indecomposable objects of the homotopy category of chain complexes look like?
I am trying to understand indecomposable objects in the homotopy category of chain complexes. Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an abelian category. Denote by $C(\mathcal{A})$ the category whose objects are chain ...
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Indecomposable objects in iterated functor categories
Let $\mathcal{O}$ be a DVR with a uniformizer $\pi$ and a finite quotient field $\mathbb{F}_q=\mathcal{O}/\pi$. Write $\mathcal{O}_r = \mathcal{O}/(\pi^r)$. Fix now an integer $r\geq 2$. We define ...
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Representation theory of Kac-Moody algebras in positive characteristic
I have been trying to learn about the representation theory of Kac-Moody algebras in positive characteristic. However, my usual reference for the subject (Infinite dimensional Lie algebras by Kac) ...
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Reference on the Chern-Simons theory and WZW models for mathematicians
I would like to ask if there are any beginner friendly references for learning CS theory and WZW models. It seems that most mathematical texts on the subjects begin with convenient definitions that ...
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The radical of $kG$-modules
$\DeclareMathOperator\Rad{Rad}$Let $k$ be a finite field of $p$ elements. Let $G$ be an elementary abelian p-group and $V$ a $kG$-module corresponding to the representation $\alpha:G\rightarrow \...
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Stable homotopy type of $BG^{\wedge}_p$ in algebraic terms
In the mid 90's, Martino- Priddy proved that given two finite groups $G, H$, the following are equivalent:
$\mathbb{F}_p\mathrm{Inj}(P,G)\cong \mathbb{F}_p\mathrm{Inj}(P,H)$ as $\mathbb{F}_p\mathrm{...
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Generalization of the second Brauer-Thrall conjecture for arbitrary Artin algebras
Let $k$ be a field with infinite cardinality and $A$ a finite dimensional $k$-Algebra. The second Brauer-Thrall conjecture states the following: There are infinitely many natural numbers $n_1<n_2&...
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Ext groups of tensor products of Specht modules
$\newcommand{\sym}{\mathfrak{S}}$
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Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $p > 0$ and $a < p \leq b$ so that the $k\sym_a$-modules are semisimple but $k\sym_b$-...
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Does a finite coresolution with Specht-filtered modules imply a Specht filtration?
$\newcommand{\sym}{\mathfrak{S}}$
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Given a partition $\lambda$ of $n$ and a commutative ring $R$, writing $\sym_n$ for the symmetric group, there is a Specht module $S^...
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Reference for fact about reduction mod $p$ of a representation of a finite group
Let $G$ be a finite group, let $M$ be a $\mathbb{Z}[G]$-module whose underlying abelian group is finite-rank free abelian, and let $\mathbb{F}$ be a field of characteristic $0$. For some prime $p$ ...
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Let A be an Artin algebra. What happens if the limit and inverse limit are the same in mod A?
Let $A$ be an Artin algebra and $\text{mod}\,A$ the category of finite length modules. Further, let $X_0 \longrightarrow X_1 \longrightarrow X_2 \longrightarrow ...$ and $Y_0 \longleftarrow Y_1 \...
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Reference for the action of the Mullineux involution on a partition with an added good node
Could you help me to locate a reference in the literature to the following fact: if you act by the Mullineux involution $M$ on a partition $Q$ which is a union of a regular partition $P$ with an added ...
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What is the largest subcategory $C$ of a module category over an Artin algebra, such that $C$ is Krull-Schmidt (and abelian)? Does $C$ exist?
Let $A$ be an Artin algebra, $\text{Mod}\,A$ the category of $A$-modules and $\text{mod}\,A$ the category of finitely generated $A$-modules. It is well-known that $\text{mod}\,A$ is a Krull-Schmidt ...
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Is there a roadmap to learning representation theory of finite group over finite field?
I've been wanted to learn some basic theories of the (non-semisimple) representation of the finite group over a finite field.
I have been guessing that the materials might be contained in the books on ...
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Is it possible for the reduction modulo $p$ of an non-commutative semisimple algebra to be commutative?
Suppose that $I, X_1, \ldots, X_{d-1}$ are $n \times n$ matrices with integer entries whose $\mathbb{Z}$-span is a subalgebra of $\mathrm{Mat}_n(\mathbb{Z})$. Suppose that, thought of as a subalgebra ...
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Upper bound on decomposition numbers for the symmetric group in a block of weight $w$
The $p$-blocks of the symmetric group $S_n$ are labelled by pairs $(\gamma, w)$ where $\gamma$ is a $p$-core partition, $w \in \mathbb{N}_0$ is the weight of the block, and $|\gamma| + p w = n$. ...
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compactly induction of smooth modules over Hecke algebras
Let $G$ be a locally profinite group and $H$ its closed subgroup. It is well-known that a smooth representation of $G$ is identified with a smooth module over $\mathcal{H}(G)$, where $\mathcal{H}(G)$ ...
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Irreducible Representation of A_5
Knowing the fact that standard representation arising out of permutation representation of $A_5$ over $\mathbb{C}$ is irreducible and of degree $4$. What can we conclude about the irreducibility over ...
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Reference request for indecomposable representations of $\mathfrak{sl}(2)$ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p > 0$
Is there a good reference on the classification of indecomposable representations of the Lie algebra $\mathfrak{sl}(2)$ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p > 0$ (of course, in ...
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How to see that the determinant of this matrix is nonzero for all primes?
I'm trying to show that $\sum_{i = 0}^{p-2} (i+1)^{-1} t^{i+n}$ where $0 \leq n \leq p-2$ spans the vector space $\mathbb{F}_p[t]/(1-t)^{p-1}$ as a rank $p-1$ module over $\mathbb{F}_p$.
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When is a block of a group algebra a trivial extension algebra?
Let $B$ be a block of a group algebra. See for example https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/229412/trivial-extension-of-an-algebra for the definition of a trivial extension algebra (which is ...
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Quiver and relations of $F\mathrm{SL}(2,q)$
$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$Let $q=p^n$ be a prime power and $F$ a field of characteristic two.
Let $G=SL(2,q)$ the group of $2 \times 2$ special linear matrices over the field with $q$ elements with ...
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Which algebras of quaternion type do appear as blocks of group algebras?
A finite dimensional algebra $A$ is said to be of quaternion type (first defined by Erdmann?) when it is tame, symmetric and connected and furthermore the Cartan matrix is nonsingular and the stable ...
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Decomposition an $A$-module to irreducible ones
Let $V$ be a complex vector space (i.e, over the filed of complex numbers) and $A$ be a complex algebra.
Suppose that $V$ is an $A$-module. Under what proper condition(s) there are irreducible ...
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Representations of $\operatorname{Sp}(2g,\mathbb{Z}_3)$
Let $V$ be a $2g$-dimensional vector space over $\mathbb{Z}_3 := \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}$. First, $\operatorname{Sp}(2g,\mathbb{Z}_3)$ acts on $\Lambda^2(V)$, and this decomposition is reducible, as ...
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Loewy structure of $S_4$
How to deduce the Loewy Structure of $kS_4$ where $k$ has characteristic 2. I can compute the Cartan matrix and Decomposition matrix with Brauer Characters without difficulties. But when it comes to ...
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No irreducible subrepresentations
Let $p$ be a prime number. In the paper The image of Colmez's Montreal functor, on the page 12, the author points out an interesting property: The smooth mod $p$ representation $\mathrm{c-Ind}^{GL_2(\...
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Field of definition for isomorphism classes of modular representations
Let $G$ be a finite group, and let $\sigma: G \to GL_n(k)$ be a (not necessarily irreducible) representation defined over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p$. Let $\sigma^{(m)}$ ...
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Endomorphism ring of trivial source modules for abelian p-groups
Bernhard Böhmler (who is also on MO) and myself had the following idea:
Let $G$ be a finite group and $k$ a field of characteristic $p$ (algebraically closed when it is needed) such that $p$ divides ...
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Non-isomorphic groups with same character tables and different Brauer character tables
Let $A$ be a discrete valuation ring with perfect residue field $k$ of characteristic $p$ and field of fractions $K$ of characteristic $0$. Let $G$ and $H$ be two finite groups and assume that $K$ is ...
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Does any group action of $\mathbb{F}_p^\mathbb{N}$ on $\mathbb{F}_p^\mathbb{N}$ have non-trivial fixed points?
It is well-known that if $G$ is a finite $p$-group acting on a non-zero $\mathbb{F}_p$-vector space $V$, then $V^G \neq \{0\}$.
My question is about a generalization of this result when $G = V = \...
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Reference for representations of $\text{GL}_n(\mathbb{Z}/p^k\mathbb{Z})$ over $\mathbb{F}_p$
I was looking for a reference on representations of $GL_n(\mathbb{Z}/p^k\mathbb{Z})$ over $\mathbb{F}_p$. In particular what the irreducible and indecomposable representations look like.
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Fourier transform on finite groups in characteristic $p>0$
Is there a Fourier theory for finite groups in characteristic $p>0$? Assume that $p$ divides the order $|G|$ of finite groups (or just work with $p$-groups), i.e., in a modular representation-...
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