Stacks in Representation Theory. What is a continuous representation of an algebraic group ?

arXiv1410.0435MaRDI QIDQ6255154FDOQ6255154

Publication date: 1 October 2014

Abstract: In this note I introduce a new approach to (or rather a new language for) representation theory of groups. Namely, I propose to consider a (complex) representation of a group

G

as a sheaf on some geometric object (a stack). This point of view necessarily leads to a conclusion that the standard approach to (continuous) representations of algebraic groups is ideologically inconsistent. I propose a way to modify this approach using sheaves on stacks. In new version I corrected some misprints and added an explanation how stack's approach is related to Vogan's picture of representations.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear algebraic groups and related topics (20Gxx) Foundations of algebraic geometry (14Axx) Categories in geometry and topology (18Fxx) Groupoids (i.e. small categories in which all morphisms are isomorphisms) (20Lxx)

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