Irreducible representations of Baumslag-Solitar groups.

DOI10.1515/JGT-2012-0011zbMATH Open1264.20010arXiv1112.3952OpenAlexW3101842622MaRDI QIDQ4908985FDOQ4908985

Authors: Daniel McLaury 

Publication date: 11 March 2013

Published in: Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We classify the finite-dimensional irreducible linear representations of the Baumslag-Solitar groups BS(p,q) = < a, b | a b^p = b^q a > for relatively prime p and q. The general strategy of the argument is to consider the matrix group given by image of a representation and study its Zariski closure in GL(n, C).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3952

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zbMATH Keywords

Baumslag-Solitar groupsmatrix groupsZariski closuresirreducible linear representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05)

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