On Schur multiplier and projective representations of Heisenberg groups (Q2031539)

The theory of projective representations involves understanding homomorphisms from a group into the projective linear groups. By definition, every ordinary representation of a group is projective, but the converse is not true. The Schur multiplier of a group \(G\) is the second cohomology group \(\mathrm{H}^2(G, \mathbb{C}^{\times})\), where \(\mathbb{C}^{\times}\) is a trivial \(G\)-module and, for that, it is a useful tool to understanding projective representations. In the paper under review, the authors describe the Schur multiplier, the representation of discrete Heisenberg groups and their \(t\)-variants. Furthermore, they provide a construction of all complex finite dimensional irreducible projective representations of these groups.