Factorization of classical characters twisted by roots of unity

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2022.06.015MaRDI QIDQ6378383arXivFDO

Authors A. Ayyer, Nishu Kumari

Publication date 23 September 2021

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2022.06.015

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Symmetric functions and generalizations (05E05) Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Linear algebraic groups over the reals, the complexes, the quaternions (20G20)

arXiv classification

math.COmath.RT

Abstract: For a fixed integer $tgeq2$, we consider the irreducible characters of representations of the classical groups of types A, B, C and D, namely $ext{GL}_{tn},ext{SO}_{2tn+1},ext{Sp}_{2tn}$ and $ext{O}_{2tn}$, evaluated at elements $omeg{a}^k{x}_i$ for $0leqkleqt-1$ and $1leqileqn$, where $omega$ is a primitive $t$'th root of unity. The case of $ext{GL}_{tn}$ was considered by D. J. Littlewood (AMS press, 1950) and independently by D. Prasad (Israel J. Math., 2016). In this article, we give a uniform approach for all cases. In this article, we give a uniform approach for all cases. We also look at $ext{GL}_{tn+1}$ where we specialize the elements as before and set the last variable to $1$. In each case, we characterize partitions for which the character value is nonzero in terms of what we call $z$-asymmetric partitions, where $z$ is an integer which depends on the group. Moreover, if the character value is nonzero, we prove that it factorizes into characters of smaller classical groups. The proof uses Cauchy-type determinant formulas for these characters and involves a careful study of the beta sets of partitions. We also give product formulas for general $z$-asymmetric partitions and $z$-asymmetric $t$-cores. Lastly, we show that there are infinitely many $z$-asymmetric $t$-cores for $tgeqz+2$.

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