Fields of definition for representations of associative algebras

DOI10.1017/S0013091518000391zbMATH Open1478.16007arXiv1702.06447WikidataQ117377997 ScholiaQ117377997MaRDI QIDQ5228217FDOQ5228217

Authors: David Benson, Zinovy Reichstein 

Publication date: 9 August 2019

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

Abstract: We examine situations, where representations of a finite-dimensional $F$-algebra $A$ defined over a separable extension field $K/F$, have a unique minimal field of definition. Here the base field $F$ is assumed to be a $C_1$-field. In particular, $F$ could be a finite field or $k(t)$ or $k((t))$,where $k$ is algebraically closed. We show that a unique minimal field of definition exists if (a) $K/F$ is an algebraic extension or (b) $A$ is of finite representation type. Moreover, in these situations the minimal field of definition is a finite extension of $F$. This is not the case if $A$ is of infinite representation type or $F$ fails to be $C_1$. As a consequence, we compute the essential dimension of the functor of representations of a finite group, generalizing a theorem of N. Karpenko, J. Pevtsova and the second author.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.06447

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zbMATH Keywords

essential dimensionmodular representationfield of definitionfinite representation type

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of associative Artinian rings (16G10) Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Representation type (finite, tame, wild, etc.) of associative algebras (16G60)

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