Infinite dimensional general linear groups have finite width

A group is said to have finite width whenever it has finite width with respect to each inverse-closed generating set. Bergman showed [1] that infinite symmetric groups have finite width and asked whether the automorphism groups of several classical structures have finite width, mentioning in particular infinite dimensional general linear groups over fields. In this article we prove that infinite dimensional general linear groups over arbitrary division rings have finite width. We consider the problem of finite width for other infinite dimensional classical groups.     

Shunkov groups saturated with general linear groups

We prove that if a periodic Shunkov group is saturated with degree 2 general linear groups over finite fields then it is isomorphic to the degree 2 general linear group over a suitable locally finite field.     

Some geometric properties of metric ultraproducts of finite simple groups

In this article we prove some previously announced results about metric ultraproducts of finite simple groups. We show that any non-discrete metric ultraproduct of alternating or special linear groups is a geodesic metric space. For more general non-discrete metric ultraproducts of finite simple groups, we are able to establish path-connectedness. As expected, these global properties reflect asymptotic properties of various families of finite simple groups.     

Symmetries of directed graphs and the Chinese remainder theorem

It is shown that a permutation group on a finite set is the automorphism group of some directed graph if and only if a generalized Chinese remainder theorem holds for the family of stabilizers. This result can be applied to examine some special permutation groups, including the general linear groups of finite vector spaces.     

Source algebra equivalences for blocks¶of finite general linear groups over a fixed field

T. Jost proved that Donovan's conjecture holds for the unipotent blocks of the finite general linear groups over a fixed field. In this paper, we show that the Morita equivalences exhibited by Jost are in fact equivalences between the source algebras of the corresponding blocks, and thus that Puig's conjecture holds for the unipotent blocks of finite general groups over a fixed field. Received: 3 October 2000     

Quantum superalgebra representations on cohomology groups of non-commutative bundles

Quantum homogeneous supervector bundles arising from the quantum general linear supergoup are studied. The space of holomorphic sections is promoted to a left exact covariant functor from a category of modules over a quantum parabolic sub-supergroup to the category of locally finite modules of the quantum general linear supergroup. The right derived functors of this functor provides a form of Dolbeault cohomology for quantum homogeneous supervector bundles. We explicitly compute the cohomology groups, which are given in terms of well understood modules over the quantized universal enveloping algebra of the general linear superalgebra.     

Doubly transitive permutation groups with abelian stabilizers

Summary We prove that any doubly transitive permutation group with abelian stabilizers is the group of linear functions over a suitable field. The result is not new: for finite groups it is well known, for infinite groups it follows from a more general theorem of W. Kerby and H. Wefelscheid on sharply doubly transitive groups in which the stabilizers have finite commutator subgroups. We give a direct and elementary proof.     

Generating functions for real character degree sums of finite general linear and unitary groups

We compute generating functions for the sum of the real-valued character degrees of the finite general linear and unitary groups, through symmetric function computations. For the finite general linear group, we get a new combinatorial proof that every real-valued character has Frobenius–Schur indicator 1, and we obtain some q-series identities. For the finite unitary group, we expand the generating function in terms of values of Hall–Littlewood functions, and we obtain combinatorial expressions for the character degree sums of real-valued characters with Frobenius–Schur indicator 1 or ?1.     

Polynomial representations of the symplectic groups

The irreducible finite dimensional representations of the symplectic groups are realized as polynomials on the irreducible representation spaces of the corresponding general linear groups. It is shown that the number of times an irreducible representation of a maximal symplectic subgroup occurs in a given representation of a symplectic group, is related to the betweenness conditions of representations of the corresponding general linear groups. Using this relation, it is shown how to construct polynomial bases for the irreducible representation spaces of the symplectic groups in which the basis labels come from the representations of the symplectic subgroup chain, and the multiplicity labels come from representations of the odd dimensional general linear groups, as well as from subgroups. The irreducible representations of Sp(4) are worked out completely, and several examples from Sp(6) are given.     

Dade's invariant conjecture for general linear and unitary groups in non-defining characteristics

This paper is part of a program to study the conjecture of E. C. Dade on counting characters in blocks for several finite groups.

The invariant conjecture of Dade is proved for general linear and unitary groups when the characteristic of the modular representation is distinct from the defining characteristic of the groups.

     

Separation of Variables and the Computation of Fourier Transforms on Finite Groups,II

We present a general diagrammatic approach to the construction of efficient algorithms for computing the Fourier transform of a function on a finite group. By extending work which connects Bratteli diagrams to the construction of Fast Fourier Transform algorithms we make explicit use of the path algebra connection to the construction of Gel’fand–Tsetlin bases and work in the setting of quivers. We relate this framework to the construction of a configuration space derived from a Bratteli diagram. In this setting the complexity of an algorithm for computing a Fourier transform reduces to the calculation of the dimension of the associated configuration space. Our methods give improved upper bounds for computing the Fourier transform for the general linear groups over finite fields, the classical Weyl groups, and homogeneous spaces of finite groups, while also recovering the best known algorithms for the symmetric group.     

Classes non ramifiées sur un espace classifiant

In this Note, we establish a general formula for the unramified cohomology of fields of linear invariants by finite groups. Such formulas are known in degree 2 and 3.     

Double coset decompositions and computational harmonic analysis on groups

In this paper we introduce new techniques for the efficient computation of a Fourier transform on a finite group. We use the decomposition of a group into double cosets and a graph theoretic indexing scheme to derive algorithms that generalize the Cooley-Tukey FFT to arbitrary finite group. We apply our general results to special linear groups and low rank symmetric groups, and obtain new efficient algorithms for harmonic analysis on these classes of groups, as well as the two-sphere.     

McKay箭图与覆盖空间

本文研究在自然扩张和嵌入下特殊线性群和一般线性群的有限子群的McKay 箭图间的关系. 我们证明在特定条件下, 一般线性群GL(m;C) 的有限子群G的McKay 箭图是其正规子群G∩SL(m;C)的McKay 箭图的正则覆盖, 而当把G 嵌入SL(m+1;C) 时, 新的McKay 箭图由在原来的McKay 箭图的每一顶点加上一个由其Nakayama 平移到其自身的箭向得到. 作为例子, 我们指出如何用这些方法得到一些有趣的McKay 箭图.     

A classification of parabolic subgroups of classical groups with a finite number of orbits on the unipotent radical

LetG be a classical algebraic group defined over an algebraically closed field. We classify all instances when a parabolic subgroupP ofG acts on its unipotent radicalP _u , or onp _u , the Lie algebra ofP _u , with only a finite number of orbits.The proof proceeds in two parts. First we obtain a reduction to the case of general linear groups. In a second step, a solution for these is achieved by studying the representation theory of a particular quiver with certain relations.Furthermore, for general linear groups we obtain a combinatorial formula for the number of orbits in the finite cases.     

McKay quivers and absolute n-complete algebras

In this paper, we show that the McKay quiver of a finite subgroup of a general linear group is a regular covering of the McKay quiver of its intersection with the special linear group. Using this and our results on “returning arrows” in McKay quiver, we give an algorithm to construct the McKay quiver of a finite abelian group. Using this construction, we show how the cone and cylinder of an (n?1)-Auslander absolute n-complete algebra are truncated from the McKay quivers of abelian groups.     

典型群的增广商群

设G 为有限域K 上的一般线性群(特殊线性群、酉群、辛群及正交群), 记整群环ZG 的n 次增广理想为△ⁿ(G). 本文着重研究有限域上的典型群的增广商群Q_n(G) = △ⁿ(G)/△ⁿ⁺¹(G), 并刻画了这些连续商群的结构.     

Geometric interpretation of Murphy bases and an application

In this article we study the representations of general linear groups which arise from their action on flag spaces. These representations can be decomposed into irreducibles by proving that the associated Hecke algebra is cellular. We give a geometric interpretation of a cellular basis of such Hecke algebras which was introduced by Murphy in the case of finite fields. We apply these results to decompose representations which arise from the space of submodules of a free module over principal ideal local rings of length two with a finite residue field.     

Overgroups of Cyclic Sylow Subgroups of Linear Groups

We use a theorem of Guralnick, Penttila, Praeger, and Saxl to classify the subgroups of the general linear group (of a finite dimensional vector space over a finite field) which are overgroups of a cyclic Sylow subgroup. In particular, our results provide the starting point for the classification of transitive m-systems; which include the transitive ovoids and spreads of finite polar spaces. We also use our results to prove a conjecture of Cameron and Liebler on irreducible collineation groups having equally many orbits on points and on lines.     

A note on differential operators on finite non-abelian groups

In this note we define a differential operator for the complex functions on finite non-Abelian groups.For the characterization of this differential operator we use the coefficients of the generalized Fourier transforms on groups.Using this operator we define the linear harmonic differential equations with constant coefficients and give the general solution of these equations