FI-modules and stability for representations of symmetric groups (Q2354909)

Let \(\mathrm{FI}\) be the category whose objects are finite sets and whose morphisms are injections. An \(\mathrm{FI}\)-module over a commutative ring \(k\) is a functor \(V: \mathrm{FI} \rightarrow \mathcal{M}od_{k}\), where \(\mathcal{M}od_{k}\) denotes the category of \(k\)-modules. Since \(\mathrm{End}_{\mathrm{FI}}\big(\{1,2,\dots,n\}\big)=\mathfrak S_n\), the symmetric group, then each \(k\)-module \(V(\{1,2,\dots,n\})\) is a \(k[\mathfrak S_n]\)-module. In this paper the authors give some results about \(\mathfrak S_n\)-representations, show the relation between finite generation of \(\mathrm{FI}\)-modules and representation stability for a sequence of \(\mathfrak S_n\)-representations (see [\textit{T. Church} and \textit{B. Farb}, Adv. Math. 245, 250--314 (2013; Zbl 1300.20051)]), and apply their theory to obtain results about cohomology of configuration spaces, cohomology of moduli spaces, coinvariant algebras and rank varieties, etc.