Characters of unipotent groups over finite fields.

DOI10.1007/S00029-010-0036-9MaRDI QIDQ607473zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mitya Boyarchenko

Publication date 22 November 2010

Published in Selecta Mathematica. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2614

zbMATH Keywords

admissible pairscharacter sheavescomplex irreducible representationsgeometric conjugacy classesunipotent groups over finite fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40)

Abstract: Let G be a connected unipotent group over a finite field F_q with q elements. In this article we propose a definition of L-packets of complex irreducible representations of the finite group G(F_q) and give an explicit description of L-packets in terms of the so-called "admissible pairs" for G. We then apply our results to show that if the centralizer of every geometric point of G is connected, then the dimension of every complex irreducible representation of G(F_q) is a power of q, confirming a conjecture of V. Drinfeld. This paper is the first in a series of three papers exploring the relationship between representations of a group of the form G(F_q) (where G is a unipotent algebraic group over F_q), the geometry of G, and the theory of character sheaves.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a connected unipotent group over a finite field \(\mathbb F_q\). In this paper, the author proposes a definition of \(L\)-packets of complex irreducible representations of the finite group \(G(\mathbb F_q)\) and gives an explicit description of \(L\)-packets in terms of the so-called admissible pairs for \(G\). He shows that for every geometric conjugacy class \(\mathcal C\) of admissible pairs for \(G\), the set \(L(\mathcal C)\) is an \(L\)-packet, and conversely, every \(L\)-packet of irreducible representations of \(G(\mathbb F_q)\) is of the form \(L(\mathcal C)\) for some geometric conjugacy class \(\mathcal C\) of admissible pairs. Then he applies his results to show that if the centralizer of every geometric point of \(G\) is connected, then the dimension of every complex irreducible representation of \(G(\mathbb F_q)\) is a power of \(q\), confirming a conjecture of Drinfeld. This paper is the first in a series of three papers exploring the relationship between representations of a group of the form \(G(\mathbb F_q)\) (where \(G\) is a unipotent algebraic group over \(\mathbb F_q\)), the geometry of \(G\), and the theory of character sheaves.

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