Representation zeta functions of wreath products with finite groups.

DOI10.4171/GGD/81zbMATH Open1261.20004arXiv0809.0131OpenAlexW3102159237MaRDI QIDQ965087FDOQ965087

Pierre de la Harpe, Laurent Bartholdi

Publication date: 21 April 2010

Published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let G be a group which has for all n a finite number r_n(G) of irreducible complex linear representations of dimension n. Let $zeta(G,s)=su{m}_{n=1}^{infty}{r}_n(G)n^{-s}$ be its representation zeta function. First, in case G is a permutational wreath product of H with a permutation group Q acting on a finite set X, we establish a formula for $zeta(G,s)$ in terms of the zeta functions of H and of subgroups of Q, and of the Moebius function associated with the lattice of partitions of X in orbits under subgroups of Q. Then, we consider groups W(Q,k) which are k-fold iterated wreath products of Q, and several related infinite groups W(Q), including the profinite group, a locally finite group, and several finitely generated groups, which are all isomorphic to a wreath product of themselves with Q. Under convenient hypotheses (in particular Q should be perfect), we show that r_n(W(Q)) is finite for all n, and we establish that the Dirichlet series $zeta(W(Q),s)$ has a finite and positive abscissa of convergence s_0. Moreover, the function $zeta(W(Q),s)$ satisfies a remarkable functional equation involving $zeta(W(Q),es)$ for e=1,...,|X|. As a consequence of this, we exhibit some properties of the function, in particular that $zeta(W(Q),s)$ has a singularity at s_0, a finite value at s_0, and a Puiseux expansion around s_0. We finally report some numerical computations for Q the simple groups of order 60 and 168.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0131

zbMATH Keywords

Dirichlet seriesfinite groupswreath productsClifford theoryrepresentation zeta functionsgroups of automorphisms of rooted treesirreducible linear representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Extensions, wreath products, and other compositions of groups (20E22) Other Dirichlet series and zeta functions (11M41)

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