The largest irreducible representations of simple groups.

DOI10.1112/PLMS/PDS030zbMATH Open1319.20013arXiv1010.5628OpenAlexW2072413430MaRDI QIDQ4907992FDOQ4907992

Michael Larsen, Pham Huu Tiep, Gunter Malle

Publication date: 27 February 2013

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Answering a question of I. M. Isaacs, we show that the largest degree of irreducible complex representations of any finite non-abelian simple group can be bounded in terms of the smaller degrees. We also study the asymptotic behavior of this largest degree for finite groups of Lie type. Moreover, we show that for groups of Lie type, the Steinberg character has largest degree among all unipotent characters.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5628

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zbMATH Keywords

character degreesdegree boundsfinite simple groupsirreducible charactersfinite groups of Lie typeirreducible complex representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Modular representations and characters (20C20) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Representations of finite groups of Lie type (20C33)

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• GAP

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