The irreducible modular representations of parabolic subgroups of general linear groups (Q4380586)

The author constructs and parametrizes the irreducible modular representations of parabolic subgroups of \(\text{GL}_n(q)\) in the describing characteristic, using tools from modular invariant theory. Let \(p\) be a prime, \(G:=\text{GL}_n(q)\) the general linear group of degree \(n\) over the field \(\mathbb{F}_q\) with \(q=p^s\) elements, acting naturally on the polynomial ring \(A:=\mathbb{F}_q[x_1,\dots,x_n]\) and let \(L_n\in A\) denote the (relative) Dickson invariant \(\text{det}((x^{q^j}_i)_{i=1,\dots,n;\;j=0,\dots,n-1})\) satisfying \(gL_n=\text{det}(g)L_n\) for all \(g\in G\). For nonnegative integers \(n_1,\dots,n_r\) with \(\sum_i n_i=n\) let \(G_{n_1,\dots,n_r}\) denote the corresponding parabolic subgroup of \(G\) and for \(\beta=(\beta_1,\dots,\beta_n)\) set \(L^\beta:=\prod^n_{i=1}L^{\beta_i}_i\in A\). For any subgroup \(K\) of \(G\), \(H_\beta(K)\) denotes the \(\mathbb{F}_qK\)-submodule in \(A\), generated by \(\{gL^\beta\mid g\in K\}\). The following is the main theorem of the paper: Theorem: The set \[ \{H_\beta(G_{n_1,\dots,n_r})\mid 0\leq\beta_i\leq q-1,\;1\leq i\leq n,\;\beta_{n_1},\beta_{n_1+n_2},\dots,\beta_{n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_{r-1}},\beta_n\neq 0\} \] is a complete set of \((q-1)^r q^{n-r}\) distinct irreducible \(\mathbb{F}_q G_{n_1,\dots,n_r}\)-modules and they all are absolutely irreducible. To obtain these results, the author shows that the \(L^\beta\) are suitable `highest weight vectors' and span the one-dimensional socle of \(H_\beta(G_{n_1,\dots,n_r})_{| T_n}\), where \(T_n\) denotes a Sylow \(p\)-group of \(G_{n_1,\dots,n_r}\). For this he uses results of \textit{Huýnh Mùi} [J. Fac. Sci., Univ. Tokyo, Sect. I A 22, 319-369 (1975; Zbl 0335.18010)]\ on the ring of \(T_n\)-invariants in \(A\). As a corollary, the author obtains the well-known highest weight parametrization of irreducible \(kG\)-modules.