U_n(q) acting on flags and supercharacters

Publication date 28 February 2017

Abstract: Let

U = U_{n} (q)

be the group of lower unitriangular

n i m e s n

-matrices with entries in the field

m a t h b b F_{q}

with

q

elements for some prime power

q

and

n i n m a t h b b N

. We investigate the restriction to

U

of the permutation action of

G L_{n} (q)

on flags in the natural

G L_{n} (q)

-module

m a t h b b F_{q}^{n}

. Applying our results to the special case of flags of length two we obtain a complete decomposition of the permutation representation of

G L_{n} (q)

on the cosets of maximal parabolic subgroups into irreducible

m a t h b b C U

-modules.

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