The Gelfand-Graev representation of \(U(3,q)\) (Q1355533)

The unitary group \(U(3,q)\) can be realized as a fixed points subgroup of \(\text{GL}(3,\overline{\mathbb{F}_q})\) under a Frobenius map. For a maximal unipotent subgroup \(U\) of \(U(3,q)\), the induced representation of any nontrivial linear representation of \(U\) is the Gelfand-Graev representation of \(U(3,q)\). In this case there is only one Gelfand-Graev representation. Let \(H\) be the Hecke algebra of the Gelfand-Graev representation of \(U(3,q)\). The author first finds homomorphisms \(f_T\colon H\to\mathbb{C} T\) for each maximal torus \(T\) of \(U(3,q)\) and then composes these irreducible characters of \(T\) to get all the irreducible characters of \(H\) explicitly. In the last section, the structure constants of the Hecke algebra \(H\) are explicitly calculated.