Counting conjectures and \(e\)-local structures in finite reductive groups (Q6142427)

In the theory of representations of finite groups the so-called local-global principle play a central role. This states that, if \(G\) is a finite group \(\ell \in \pi(G)\), then the \(\ell\)-modular representation theory of \(G\) is largely determined by the \(\ell\)-local structure of the group \(G\). The local-global principle is supported by several counting conjectures, including the McKay conjecture, the Alperin-McKay conjecture, the Alperin's weight conjecture and Brauer's height zero conjecture (and several others). In the paper under review, the author proves some new results in generalised Harish-Chandra theory providing a description of the so-called Brauer-Lusztig blocks in terms of information encoded in the \(\ell\)-adic cohomology of Deligne-Lusztig varieties. These results are too technical to be reported here. The author proposes new conjectures for finite reductive groups by considering geometric analogues of the \(\ell\)-local structures that appear in the local-global principle. conjectures. For large primes, such conjectures coincide with the counting conjectures thanks to a connection es tablished by Broué, Fong and Srinivasan between \(\ell\)-structures and their geometric counterpart. Finally, using the description of Brauer-Lusztig blocks, the author reduces his conjectures to the verification of Clifford theoretic properties expected from certain parametrisations of generalised Harish-Chandra series.