Polynomial representations of finite general linear groups in non-describing characteristic

Abstract

Let Γ be a connected reductive group over an algebraically closed field F of positive characteristic and let G be the set of fixed points of Γ under some Frobenius map of Γ. Then G is a finite group of Lie type. The p-modular representations of G for p = char F (the “describing” characteristic case) are closely related to rational representations of Γ, and thus results from the theory of reductive algebraic groups can be used to develop the representation theory of finite groups of Lie type in the describing characteristic case. One of the outstanding open questions in this area is to determine the dimensions of the irreducible representations and the decomposition matrix whose entries record multiplicities of irreducible modules as composition factors of Weyl modules. One way to define Weyl modules is by reducing modulo p (p = char F) the irreducible modules of the complex algebraic group of the same type. Here reduction modulo p happens in both, in the field underlying the group and in the field over which the representing matrices are defined, simultaneously. One of the main tools to study these questions is derived from the Weyl group of Γ. If, for example, Γ is a general linear group, the decomposition matrix of the Weyl modules can be calculated from decomposition numbers of Schur algebras, which in turn can be calculated in terms of symmetric groups. We shall discuss this phenomenon in more detail below.KeywordsHopf AlgebraParabolic SubgroupIrreducible CharacterEndomorphism RingGeneral Linear GroupThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.