Augmentation quotients for real representation rings of cyclic groups

Abstract

Denote by \(C_m\) the cyclic group of order m. Let \({\mathcal {R}}(C_m)\) be its real representation ring, and \(\Delta (C_m)\) its augmentation ideal. In this paper, we give an explicit \({\mathbb {Z}}\)-basis for the n-th power \(\Delta ^{n}(C_m)\) and determine the isomorphism class of the n-th augmentation quotient \(\Delta ^n(C_m)/\Delta ^{n+1}(C_m)\) for each positive integer n.