Characteristic-free representation theory of the general linear group
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Characteristic-free representation theory of the general linear group
zbMATH Open document ID: 0607.20021
DOI: 10.1016/0001-8708(85)90115-X
author: Kaan Akin
author: David A. Buchsbaum
published in: Advances in Mathematics
publication date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: In an earlier paper [Adv. Math. 44, 207-278 (1982; Zbl 0497.15020)] the authors and \textit{J. Weyman} developed a theory of Schur functions and complexes over a commutative ring R. These ideas are used in this paper to study the polynomial representations of GL(F), where F is a finitely generated free R-module. If \(\phi\) : \(G\to F\) is a map of finitely generated free R-modules, a Schur complex \(L_{\alpha}(\phi)\) is defined for any shape \(\alpha\). (Here a shape is a matrix with zeros and ones as entries, and generalizes a skew partition.) In particular, maps of the form \(0\to F\) give rise to Schur functors \(L_{\alpha}(F)\), which are GL(F)-modules. These concepts are reviewed in {\S} 2. In {\S} 3, the Pieri formulas for \(L_{\lambda}F\otimes S_ pF\) and \(L_{\lambda}F\otimes \Lambda^ pF\) (where \(\lambda\) is a partition, and \(S_ p\), \(\Lambda^ p\) denote symmetric and exterior powers) are derived over R. In {\S} 4, for a skew partition \(\alpha =\lambda /\mu\) where \(\lambda\), \(\mu\) have two parts, a resolution \({\mathbb{C}}(\alpha)\) for \(L_{\alpha}F\) over R by direct sums of tensor products of exterior powers of F is obtained. As an application \(\Lambda^ 2(\Lambda^ 2F)\) is calculated over a field of characteristic p. In {\S} 5 the authors construct an exact sequence \[ 0\to L_{\lambda (m)}F\to...\to L_{\lambda (1)}F\to L_{\lambda}F\to 0 \] whose terms \(L_{\lambda (i)}F\) are Schur functors which can be explicitly described, for a partition \(\lambda\). An analogous construction is given for a skew partition in {\S} 6. CoSchur functors are considered in {\S} 7 and finally some forthcoming results are described in {\S} 8.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20G05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20C30
zbMATH DE Number: 3981429
zbMATH Keywords: Schur functions
zbMATH Keywords: polynomial representations
zbMATH Keywords: finitely generated free R- modules
zbMATH Keywords: Schur complex
zbMATH Keywords: Schur functors
zbMATH Keywords: Pieri formulas
zbMATH Keywords: exterior powers
zbMATH Keywords: skew partition
zbMATH Keywords: tensor products
Wikidata QID: Q105519280
reviewed by: Bhama Srinivasan
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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