Braided Line and Counting Fixed Points ofGL(d, 𝔽q)

DOI10.1081/AGB-120018519MaRDI QIDQ4804865zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter J. Cameron, Shahn Majid

Publication date 28 April 2003

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0112258

zbMATH Keywords

\(q\)-analysisbraided categoriesfinite linear groupsnumbers of fixed pointsnumbers of orbits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(q)-calculus and related topics (05A30) Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

Abstract: We interpret a recent formula for counting orbits of $GL(d,F_q)$ in terms of counting fixed points as addition in the affine braided line. The theory of such braided groups (or Hopf algebras in braided categories) allows us to obtain the inverse relationship, which turns out to be the same formula but with $q$ and $q^{-1}$ interchanged (a perfect duality between counting orbits and counting fixed points). In particular, the probability that an element of $GL(d,F_q)$ has no fixed points is found to be the order-$d$ truncated $q$-exponential of $-1/(q-1)$.

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