On the modular McKay graph of SL_n(p) with respect to its standard representation

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2021.01.023MaRDI QIDQ1998935zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Miriam G. Norris

Publication date 9 March 2021

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.00712

zbMATH Keywords

diameter of graphsirreducible representationsMcKay graphsmodular McKay graphsmodular representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Modular representations and characters (20C20) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40)

Abstract: Let $F$ be an algebraically closed field of prime characteristic $p$. The modular McKay graph of $G:=S{L}_n(p)$ with respect to its standard $FG$-module $W$ is the connected, directed graph whose vertices are the irreducible $FG$-modules and for which there is an edge from a vertex $V_1$ to $V_2$ if $V_2$ occurs as a composition factor of the tensor product $V_{1}otimesW$. We show that the diameter of this modular McKay graph is $frac12(p-1)(n^2-n)$.

Review text

For a finite group \(G\) and a given representation \(W\), the McKay graph has a vertex for each irreducible representation of \(G\), and an edge \(V_1\rightarrow V_2\) whenever \(V_2\) is a direct summand of \(W\otimes V_1\). \textit{J. McKay} [Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 37, 183--186 (1980; Zbl 0451.05026)] found that these graphs, when \(W\) is the standard two-dimensional representation of a finite subgroup of \(\mathrm{SU}_2(\mathbb{C})\), are exactly the affine Dynkin diagrams of types \(A\), \(D\), \(E\).\\ In the paper under review, the author proves that if \(F\) is an algebraically closed field of prime characteristic \(p\) and \(W=V_n\) is the standard representation of \(G=\mathrm{SL}_n(p)\), then the diameter of the modular McKay graph of \(\mathrm{SL}_n(p)\) with respect to \(V_n\) is \( \frac{1}{2}(p-1)(n^2-n). \)

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