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REPRESENTATIONS of FINITE GROUPS 1. Definition And
REPRESENTATIONS OF FINITE GROUPS 1. Definition and Introduction 1.1. Definitions. Let V be a vector space over the field C of complex numbers and let GL(V ) be the group of isomorphisms of V onto itself. An element a of GL(V ) is a linear mapping of V into V which has a linear inverse a−1. When V has dimension n and has n a finite basis (ei)i=1, each map a : V ! V is defined by a square matrix (aij) of order n. The coefficients aij are complex numbers. They are obtained by expressing the image a(ej) in terms of the basis (ei): X a(ej) = aijei: i Remark 1.1. Saying that a is an isomorphism is equivalent to saying that the determinant det(a) = det(aij) of a is not zero. The group GL(V ) is thus identified with the group of invertible square matrices of order n. Suppose G is a finite group with identity element 1. A representation of a finite group G on a finite-dimensional complex vector space V is a homomorphism ρ : G ! GL(V ) of G to the group of automorphisms of V . We say such a map gives V the structure of a G-module. The dimension V is called the degree of ρ. Remark 1.2. When there is little ambiguity of the map ρ, we sometimes call V itself a representation of G. In this vein we often write gv_ or gv for ρ(g)v. Remark 1.3. Since ρ is a homomorphism, we have equality ρ(st) = ρ(s)ρ(t) for s; t 2 G: In particular, we have ρ(1) = 1; ; ρ(s−1) = ρ(s)−1: A map ' between two representations V and W of G is a vector space map ' : V ! W such that ' V −−−−! W ? ? g? ?g (1.1) y y V −−−−! W ' commutes for all g 2 G. -
Chapter 1 BASICS of GROUP REPRESENTATIONS
Chapter 1 BASICS OF GROUP REPRESENTATIONS 1.1 Group representations A linear representation of a group G is identi¯ed by a module, that is by a couple (D; V ) ; (1.1.1) where V is a vector space, over a ¯eld that for us will always be R or C, called the carrier space, and D is an homomorphism from G to D(G) GL (V ), where GL(V ) is the space of invertible linear operators on V , see Fig. ??. Thus, we ha½ve a is a map g G D(g) GL(V ) ; (1.1.2) 8 2 7! 2 with the linear operators D(g) : v V D(g)v V (1.1.3) 2 7! 2 satisfying the properties D(g1g2) = D(g1)D(g2) ; D(g¡1 = [D(g)]¡1 ; D(e) = 1 : (1.1.4) The product (and the inverse) on the righ hand sides above are those appropriate for operators: D(g1)D(g2) corresponds to acting by D(g2) after having appplied D(g1). In the last line, 1 is the identity operator. We can consider both ¯nite and in¯nite-dimensional carrier spaces. In in¯nite-dimensional spaces, typically spaces of functions, linear operators will typically be linear di®erential operators. Example Consider the in¯nite-dimensional space of in¯nitely-derivable functions (\functions of class 1") Ã(x) de¯ned on R. Consider the group of translations by real numbers: x x + a, C 7! with a R. This group is evidently isomorphic to R; +. As we discussed in sec ??, these transformations2 induce an action D(a) on the functions Ã(x), de¯ned by the requirement that the transformed function in the translated point x + a equals the old original function in the point x, namely, that D(a)Ã(x) = Ã(x a) : (1.1.5) ¡ 1 Group representations 2 It follows that the translation group admits an in¯nite-dimensional representation over the space V of 1 functions given by the di®erential operators C d d a2 d2 D(a) = exp a = 1 a + + : : : : (1.1.6) ¡ dx ¡ dx 2 dx2 µ ¶ In fact, we have d a2 d2 dà a2 d2à D(a)Ã(x) = 1 a + + : : : Ã(x) = Ã(x) a (x) + (x) + : : : = Ã(x a) : ¡ dx 2 dx2 ¡ dx 2 dx2 ¡ · ¸ (1.1.7) In most of this chapter we will however be concerned with ¯nite-dimensional representations. -
Representations of the Symmetric Group and Its Hecke Algebra Nicolas Jacon
Representations of the symmetric group and its Hecke algebra Nicolas Jacon To cite this version: Nicolas Jacon. Representations of the symmetric group and its Hecke algebra. 2012. hal-00731102v1 HAL Id: hal-00731102 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00731102v1 Preprint submitted on 12 Sep 2012 (v1), last revised 10 Nov 2012 (v2) HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Representations of the symmetric group and its Hecke algebra N. Jacon Abstract This paper is an expository paper on the representation theory of the symmetric group and its Hecke algebra in arbitrary characteristic. We study both the semisimple and the non semisimple case and give an introduction to some recent results on this theory (AMS Class.: 20C08, 20C20, 05E15) . 1 Introduction Let n N and let S be the symmetric group acting on the left on the set 1, 2, . , n . Let k be a field ∈ n { } and consider the group algebra kSn. This is the k-algebra with: k-basis: t σ S , • { σ | ∈ n} 2 multiplication determined by the following rule: for all (σ, σ′) S , we have t .t ′ = t ′ . • ∈ n σ σ σσ The aim of this survey is to study the Representation Theory of Sn over k. -
Math 123—Algebra II
Math 123|Algebra II Lectures by Joe Harris Notes by Max Wang Harvard University, Spring 2012 Lecture 1: 1/23/12 . 1 Lecture 19: 3/7/12 . 26 Lecture 2: 1/25/12 . 2 Lecture 21: 3/19/12 . 27 Lecture 3: 1/27/12 . 3 Lecture 22: 3/21/12 . 31 Lecture 4: 1/30/12 . 4 Lecture 23: 3/23/12 . 33 Lecture 5: 2/1/12 . 6 Lecture 24: 3/26/12 . 34 Lecture 6: 2/3/12 . 8 Lecture 25: 3/28/12 . 36 Lecture 7: 2/6/12 . 9 Lecture 26: 3/30/12 . 37 Lecture 8: 2/8/12 . 10 Lecture 27: 4/2/12 . 38 Lecture 9: 2/10/12 . 12 Lecture 28: 4/4/12 . 40 Lecture 10: 2/13/12 . 13 Lecture 29: 4/6/12 . 41 Lecture 11: 2/15/12 . 15 Lecture 30: 4/9/12 . 42 Lecture 12: 2/17/16 . 17 Lecture 31: 4/11/12 . 44 Lecture 13: 2/22/12 . 19 Lecture 14: 2/24/12 . 21 Lecture 32: 4/13/12 . 45 Lecture 15: 2/27/12 . 22 Lecture 33: 4/16/12 . 46 Lecture 17: 3/2/12 . 23 Lecture 34: 4/18/12 . 47 Lecture 18: 3/5/12 . 25 Lecture 35: 4/20/12 . 48 Introduction Math 123 is the second in a two-course undergraduate series on abstract algebra offered at Harvard University. This instance of the course dealt with fields and Galois theory, representation theory of finite groups, and rings and modules. These notes were live-TEXed, then edited for correctness and clarity. -
Groups for Which It Is Easy to Detect Graphical Regular Representations
CC Creative Commons ADAM Logo Also available at http://adam-journal.eu The Art of Discrete and Applied Mathematics nn (year) 1–x Groups for which it is easy to detect graphical regular representations Dave Witte Morris , Joy Morris Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta. T1K 3M4, Canada Gabriel Verret Department of Mathematics, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Received day month year, accepted xx xx xx, published online xx xx xx Abstract We say that a finite group G is DRR-detecting if, for every subset S of G, either the Cayley digraph Cay(G; S) is a digraphical regular representation (that is, its automorphism group acts regularly on its vertex set) or there is a nontrivial group automorphism ' of G such that '(S) = S. We show that every nilpotent DRR-detecting group is a p-group, but that the wreath product Zp o Zp is not DRR-detecting, for every odd prime p. We also show that if G1 and G2 are nontrivial groups that admit a digraphical regular representation and either gcd jG1j; jG2j = 1, or G2 is not DRR-detecting, then the direct product G1 × G2 is not DRR-detecting. Some of these results also have analogues for graphical regular representations. Keywords: Cayley graph, GRR, DRR, automorphism group, normalizer Math. Subj. Class.: 05C25,20B05 1 Introduction All groups and graphs in this paper are finite. Recall [1] that a digraph Γ is said to be a digraphical regular representation (DRR) of a group G if the automorphism group of Γ is isomorphic to G and acts regularly on the vertex set of Γ. -
21 Schur Indicator
21 Schur indicator Complex representation theory gives a good description of the homomorphisms from a group to a special unitary group. The Schur indicator describes when these are orthogonal or quaternionic, so it is also easy to describe all homomor- phisms to the compact orthogonal and symplectic groups (and a little bit of fiddling around with central extensions gives the homomorphisms to compact spin groups). So the homomorphisms to any compact classical group are well understood. However there seems to be no easy way to describe the homomor- phisms of a group to the exceptional compact Lie groups. We have several closely related problems: • Which irreducible representations have symmetric or alternating forms? • Classify the homomorphisms to orthogonal and symplectic groups • Classify the real and quaternionic representations given the complex ones. Suppose we have an irreducible representation V of a compact group G. We study the space of invariant bilinear forms on V . Obviously the bilinear forms correspond to maps from V to its dual, so the space of such forms is at most 1-dimensional, and is non-zero if and only if V is isomorphic to its dual, in other words if and only if the character of V is real. We also want to know when the bilinear form is symmetric or alternating. These two possibilities correspond to the symmetric or alternating square containing the 1-dimensional irreducible representation. So (1, χS2V − χΛ2V ) is 1, 0, or −1 depending on whether V has a symmetric bilinear form, no bilinear form, or an alternating bilinear form. By 2 the formulas for the symmetric and alternating squares this is given by G χg , and is called the Schur indicator. -
The Conjugate Dimension of Algebraic Numbers
THE CONJUGATE DIMENSION OF ALGEBRAIC NUMBERS NEIL BERRY, ARTURAS¯ DUBICKAS, NOAM D. ELKIES, BJORN POONEN, AND CHRIS SMYTH Abstract. We find sharp upper and lower bounds for the degree of an algebraic number in terms of the Q-dimension of the space spanned by its conjugates. For all but seven nonnegative integers n the largest degree of an algebraic number whose conjugates span a vector space of dimension n is equal to 2nn!. The proof, which covers also the seven exceptional cases, uses a result of Feit on the maximal order of finite subgroups of GLn(Q); this result depends on the classification of finite simple groups. In particular, we construct an algebraic number of degree 1152 whose conjugates span a vector space of dimension only 4. We extend our results in two directions. We consider the problem when Q is replaced by an arbitrary field, and prove some general results. In particular, we again obtain sharp bounds when the ground field is a finite field, or a cyclotomic extension Q(!`) of Q. Also, we look at a multiplicative version of the problem by considering the analogous rank problem for the multiplicative group generated by the conjugates of an algebraic number. 1. Introduction Let Q be an algebraic closure of the field Q of rational numbers, and let α 2 Q. Let α1; : : : ; αd 2 Q be the conjugates of α over Q, with α1 = α. Then d equals the degree d(α) := [Q(α): Q], the dimension of the Q-vector space spanned by the powers of α. In contrast, we define the conjugate dimension n = n(α) of α as the dimension of the Q-vector space spanned by fα1; : : : ; αdg. -
SCHUR-WEYL DUALITY Contents Introduction 1 1. Representation
SCHUR-WEYL DUALITY JAMES STEVENS Contents Introduction 1 1. Representation Theory of Finite Groups 2 1.1. Preliminaries 2 1.2. Group Algebra 4 1.3. Character Theory 5 2. Irreducible Representations of the Symmetric Group 8 2.1. Specht Modules 8 2.2. Dimension Formulas 11 2.3. The RSK-Correspondence 12 3. Schur-Weyl Duality 13 3.1. Representations of Lie Groups and Lie Algebras 13 3.2. Schur-Weyl Duality for GL(V ) 15 3.3. Schur Functors and Algebraic Representations 16 3.4. Other Cases of Schur-Weyl Duality 17 Appendix A. Semisimple Algebras and Double Centralizer Theorem 19 Acknowledgments 20 References 21 Introduction. In this paper, we build up to one of the remarkable results in representation theory called Schur-Weyl Duality. It connects the irreducible rep- resentations of the symmetric group to irreducible algebraic representations of the general linear group of a complex vector space. We do so in three sections: (1) In Section 1, we develop some of the general theory of representations of finite groups. In particular, we have a subsection on character theory. We will see that the simple notion of a character has tremendous consequences that would be very difficult to show otherwise. Also, we introduce the group algebra which will be vital in Section 2. (2) In Section 2, we narrow our focus down to irreducible representations of the symmetric group. We will show that the irreducible representations of Sn up to isomorphism are in bijection with partitions of n via a construc- tion through certain elements of the group algebra. -
Master Thesis Written at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat¨ Munchen¨ and Technische Universitat¨ Munchen¨ A time-dependent Gaussian variational description of Lattice Gauge Theories Master thesis written at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics September 2017 Pablo Sala de Torres-Solanot Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat¨ Munchen¨ Technische Universitat¨ Munchen¨ Max-Planck-Institut fur¨ Quantenoptik A time-dependent Gaussian variational description of Lattice Gauge Theories First reviewer: Prof. Dr. Ignacio Cirac Second reviewer: Dr. Tao Shi Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science within the programme Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Munich, September 2017 Pablo Sala de Torres-Solanot Abstract In this thesis we pursue the novel idea of using Gaussian states for high energy physics and explore some of the first necessary steps towards such a direction, via a time- dependent variational method. While these states have often been applied to con- densed matter systems via Hartree-Fock, BCS or generalized Hartree-Fock theory, this is not the case in high energy physics. Their advantage is the fact that they are completely characterized, via Wick's theorem, by their two-point correlation func- tions (and one-point averages in bosonic systems as well), e.g., all possible pairings between fermionic operators. These are collected in the so-called covariance matrix which then becomes the most relevant object in their description. In order to reach this goal, we set the theory on a lattice by making use of Lat- tice Gauge Theories (LGT). This method, introduced by Kenneth Wilson, has been extensively used for the study of gauge theories in non-perturbative regimes since it allows new analytical methods as for example strong coupling expansions, as well as the use of Monte Carlo simulations and more recently, Tensor Networks techniques as well. -
Higher-Spin Gauge Fields and Duality
Higher-Spin Gauge Fields and Duality D. Franciaa and C.M. Hullb a Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit`adi Roma Tre, INFN, Sezione di Roma III, via della Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Roma, Italy bTheoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7 2BZ, U.K. Abstract. We review the construction of free gauge theories for gauge fields in arbitrary representations of the Lorentz group in D dimensions. We describe the multi-form calculus which gives the natural geometric framework for these theories. We also discuss duality transformations that give different field theory representations of the same physical degrees of freedom, and discuss the example of gravity in D dimensions and its dual realisations in detail. Based on the lecture presented by C.M. Hull at the First Solvay Workshop on Higher-Spin Gauge Theories, held in Brussels on May 12-14, 2004 36 Francia, Hull 1 Introduction Tensor fields in exotic higher-spin representations of the Lorentz group arise as massive modes in string theory, and limits in which such fields might become massless are of particular interest. In such cases, these would have to become higher-spin gauge fields with appropriate gauge invariance. Such exotic gauge fields can also arise as dual representations of more familiar gauge theories [1], [2]. The purpose here is to review the formulation of such exotic gauge theories that was developed in collaboration with Paul de Medeiros in [3], [4]. Free massless particles in D-dimensional Minkowski space are classified by representations of the little group SO(D − 2). -
GRADED LEVEL ZERO INTEGRABLE REPRESENTATIONS of AFFINE LIE ALGEBRAS 1. Introduction in This Paper, We Continue the Study ([2, 3
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Volume 360, Number 6, June 2008, Pages 2923–2940 S 0002-9947(07)04394-2 Article electronically published on December 11, 2007 GRADED LEVEL ZERO INTEGRABLE REPRESENTATIONS OF AFFINE LIE ALGEBRAS VYJAYANTHI CHARI AND JACOB GREENSTEIN Abstract. We study the structure of the category of integrable level zero representations with finite dimensional weight spaces of affine Lie algebras. We show that this category possesses a weaker version of the finite length property, namely that an indecomposable object has finitely many simple con- stituents which are non-trivial as modules over the corresponding loop algebra. Moreover, any object in this category is a direct sum of indecomposables only finitely many of which are non-trivial. We obtain a parametrization of blocks in this category. 1. Introduction In this paper, we continue the study ([2, 3, 7]) of the category Ifin of inte- grable level zero representations with finite-dimensional weight spaces of affine Lie algebras. The category of integrable representations with finite-dimensional weight spaces and of non-zero level is semi-simple ([16]), and the simple objects are the highest weight modules. In contrast, it is easy to see that the category Ifin is not semi-simple. For instance, the derived Lie algebra of the affine algebra itself provides an example of a non-simple indecomposable object in that category. The simple objects in Ifin were classified in [2, 7] but not much else is known about the structure of the category. The category Ifin can be regarded as the graded version of the category F of finite-dimensional representations of the corresponding loop algebra. -
Representation Theory
M392C NOTES: REPRESENTATION THEORY ARUN DEBRAY MAY 14, 2017 These notes were taken in UT Austin's M392C (Representation Theory) class in Spring 2017, taught by Sam Gunningham. I live-TEXed them using vim, so there may be typos; please send questions, comments, complaints, and corrections to [email protected]. Thanks to Kartik Chitturi, Adrian Clough, Tom Gannon, Nathan Guermond, Sam Gunningham, Jay Hathaway, and Surya Raghavendran for correcting a few errors. Contents 1. Lie groups and smooth actions: 1/18/172 2. Representation theory of compact groups: 1/20/174 3. Operations on representations: 1/23/176 4. Complete reducibility: 1/25/178 5. Some examples: 1/27/17 10 6. Matrix coefficients and characters: 1/30/17 12 7. The Peter-Weyl theorem: 2/1/17 13 8. Character tables: 2/3/17 15 9. The character theory of SU(2): 2/6/17 17 10. Representation theory of Lie groups: 2/8/17 19 11. Lie algebras: 2/10/17 20 12. The adjoint representations: 2/13/17 22 13. Representations of Lie algebras: 2/15/17 24 14. The representation theory of sl2(C): 2/17/17 25 15. Solvable and nilpotent Lie algebras: 2/20/17 27 16. Semisimple Lie algebras: 2/22/17 29 17. Invariant bilinear forms on Lie algebras: 2/24/17 31 18. Classical Lie groups and Lie algebras: 2/27/17 32 19. Roots and root spaces: 3/1/17 34 20. Properties of roots: 3/3/17 36 21. Root systems: 3/6/17 37 22. Dynkin diagrams: 3/8/17 39 23.