Constituents of supercharacters and Kirillov functions. (Q971869)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Constituents of supercharacters and Kirillov functions.
scientific article

    Statements

    Constituents of supercharacters and Kirillov functions. (English)
    0 references
    17 May 2010
    0 references
    Supercharacters and Kirillov functions have been proposed as two related constructions that mimic the characters of certain \(p\)-groups. The irreducible constituents of these functions are intimately linked; specifically, irreducible constituents of a Kirillov function are constituents of the corresponding supercharacter. We give the details: Let \(F\) be a finite field, let \(J\) be a finite-dimenisonal, nilpotent \(F\)-algebra. Then \(G=\{1+x\mid x\in J\}\) is a group with multiplication defined by \((1+x)(1+y)=1+(x+y+xy)\). The element \((1+x)^{-1}\) is well-defined, belonging to \(G\), as \(J\) is nilpotent. \(G\) works on \(J\) on the right and on the left of \(J\) in the expected way. Write \(J^*\) for the dual space of \(J\). If \(\lambda\in J^*\), write \(\lambda G\), \(G\lambda G\), \(O_\lambda\) for the right, two-sided, and conjugation orbits, respectively, of \(\lambda\). [Details are to be found in the paper.] Fix a non-trivial group homomorphism -- from the additive group of \(F\) to the group of \(\mathbb{C}\setminus\{0\}\). Given \(\mu\in J^*\), define maps \(\widetilde\mu\colon J\to\mathbb{C}\) and \(\widehat\mu\colon G\to\mathbb{C}\) by \(\widetilde\mu(x)=\widetilde{\mu(x)}\) and \(\widehat\mu(1+x)=\widetilde\mu(x)\). Then, for each \(\lambda\in J^*\), the supercharacter \(\chi_\lambda\) and the Kirillov function \(\psi_\lambda\) are maps from \(G\) to \(\mathbb{C}\) given by \[ \chi_\lambda={|\lambda G|\over|G\lambda G|}\sum_{\mu\in G\lambda G}\widehat\mu\quad\text{and}\quad\psi_\lambda={1\over\sqrt{|O_\lambda|}}\sum_{\mu\in O_\lambda}\widehat\mu. \] Each two-sided orbit \(G\lambda G\) is the disjoint union of the conjugation orbits \(O_\mu\), where the \(\mu\) are in \(G\lambda G\), and so each supercharacter is a positive linear combination of Kirillov functions. Thus every irreducible constituent of \(\chi_\lambda\) shows up as a constituent of some \(\psi_\mu\) where \(\mu\) is an element of \(G\lambda G\). -- The main result of this paper is that the converse is true, i.e. every constituent of \(\psi_\lambda\) is a constituent of the corresponding supercharacter \(\chi_\lambda\).
    0 references
    supercharacters
    0 references
    Kirillov functions
    0 references
    algebra groups
    0 references
    nilpotent algebras
    0 references
    conjugation actions
    0 references
    irreducible constituents
    0 references

    Identifiers