A numerical invariant for linear representations of finite groups

DOI10.4171/CMH/367zbMATH Open1346.14021arXiv1405.4037OpenAlexW2964279095WikidataQ117360303 ScholiaQ117360303MaRDI QIDQ894379FDOQ894379

Authors: Nikita Karpenko, Zinovy Reichstein 

Publication date: 30 November 2015

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the notion of essential dimension for a linear representation of a finite group. In characteristic zero we relate it to the canonical dimension of certain products of Weil transfers of generalized Severi-Brauer varieties. We then proceed to compute the canonical dimension of a broad class of varieties of this type, extending earlier results of the first author. As a consequence, we prove analogues of classical theorems of R. Brauer and O. Schilling about the Schur index, where the Schur index of a representation is replaced by its essential dimension. In the last section we show that essential dimension of representations can behave in rather unexpected ways in the modular setting.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.4037

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zbMATH Keywords

essential dimensioncentral simple algebrasrepresentations of finite groupscanonical dimensionSchur indexSeveri-Brauer varieties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic cycles (14C25) Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Brauer groups (algebraic aspects) (16K50)

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