The unipotent modules of GL_n( F_q) via tableaux

DOI10.1007/S10801-017-0766-2MaRDI QIDQ1704089zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Scott Andrews

Publication date 8 March 2018

Published in Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.06542

zbMATH Keywords

finite general linear groupgeneralized Gelfand-Graev representationtableauxunipotent representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetric functions and generalizations (05E05) Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Modular representations and characters (20C20) Representations of finite groups of Lie type (20C33)

Abstract: We construct the irreducible unipotent modules of the finite general linear groups using tableaux. Our construction is analogous to that of James (1976) for the symmetric groups, answering an open question as to whether such a construction exists. Our modules are defined over any field containing a nontrivial $p^{e}xtth$ root of unity (where $p$ is the defining characteristic of the group). We show that our modules are isomorphic to those constructed by James (1984), although the two constructions utilize quite different approaches. Finally we look closer at the complex irreducible unipotent modules, providing motivation for our construction.

Review text

In [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 8, 229--232 (1976; Zbl 0358.20019)], \textit{G. D. James} used the action of the symmetric group \(\mathbb{S}_n\) on Young tableaux to construct the irreducible representations of \(\mathbb{S}_n\). In a subsequent paper [Representations of general linear groups. Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press (1984; Zbl 0541.20025)], \textit{G. D. James} constructs the unipotent modules for the finite linear group \(\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{F}_q)\) over any field containing a non-trivial \(p\)-th root of the unity, with \(p\) the characteristic of \(\mathbb{F}_q\). However, this construction is very different from the tableaux approach used in the symmetric group, and in particular the proofs do not translate to proofs for the symmetric group. James then asks whether a construction exists that is more similar to that of the symmetric group. In the paper under review, the author answers James' question with a construction of the irreducible unipotent modules for \(\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{F}_q)\) which is a natural analogue of that for the symmetric group. This construction uses the action of \(\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{F}_q)\) on Young diagrams whose boxes are labeled with elements of \(\mathbb{F}_q^n\) and is based on the generalized Gelfand-Graev representations of \textit{N. Kawanaka} [Adv. Stud. Pure Math. 6, 175--206 (1985; Zbl 0573.20038)].

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