Values of character sums for finite unitary groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2008.03.022zbMATH Open1165.20037arXiv0709.2916OpenAlexW2964138150MaRDI QIDQ949591FDOQ949591

C. Ryan Vinroot, Nathaniel Thiem

Publication date: 21 October 2008

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A known result for the finite general linear group $GL(n,F{F}_q)$ and for the finite unitary group $U(n,F{F}_{q^2})$ posits that the sum of the irreducible character degrees is equal to the number of symmetric matrices in the group. Fulman and Guralnick extended this result by considering sums of irreducible characters evaluated at an arbitrary conjugacy class of $GL(n,F{F}_q)$. We develop an explicit formula for the value of the permutation character of $U(2n,F{F}_{q^2})$ over $Sp(2n,F{F}_q)$ evaluated an an arbitrary conjugacy class and use results concerning Gelfand-Graev characters to obtain an analogous formula for $U(n,F{F}_{q^2})$ in the case where $q$ is an odd prime. These results are also given as probabilistic statements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2916

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zbMATH Keywords

character sumsconjugacyfinite unitary groupsHall-Littlewood functionsirreducible character degrees

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Representations of finite groups of Lie type (20C33)

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