Irreducible Subgroups of Simple Algebraic Groups – A Survey

DOI10.1017/9781108692397.010zbMATH Open1514.20185arXiv1803.01174OpenAlexW3018556782MaRDI QIDQ6041256FDOQ6041256

Authors: Timothy C. Burness, Donna M. Testerman 

Publication date: 26 May 2023

Published in: Groups St Andrews 2017 in Birmingham (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a simple linear algebraic group over an algebraically closed field $K$ of characteristic $pgeqslant0$, let $H$ be a proper closed subgroup of $G$ and let $V$ be a nontrivial finite dimensional irreducible rational $KG$-module. We say that $(G,H,V)$ is an irreducible triple if $V$ is irreducible as a $KH$-module. Determining these triples is a fundamental problem in the representation theory of algebraic groups, which arises naturally in the study of the subgroup structure of classical groups. In the 1980s, Seitz and Testerman extended earlier work of Dynkin on connected subgroups in characteristic zero to all algebraically closed fields. In this article we will survey recent advances towards a classification of irreducible triples for all positive dimensional subgroups of simple algebraic groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01174

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15) Simple groups (20E32)

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