Character theory

In mathematics, more specifically in group theory, the character of a group representation is a function on the group that associates to each group element the trace of the corresponding matrix. The character carries the essential information about the representation in a more condensed form. Georg Frobenius initially developed representation theory of finite groups entirely based on the characters, and without any explicit matrix realization of representations themselves. This is possible because a complex representation of a finite group is determined (up to isomorphism) by its character. The situation with representations over a field of positive characteristic, so-called "modular representations", is more delicate, but Richard Brauer developed a powerful theory of characters in this case as well. Many deep theorems on the structure of finite groups use characters of modular representations. Applications Characters of irreducible representations encode many important pr

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On unipotent supports of reductive groups with a disconnected centre

Jonathan Marc Taylor

Let G be a simple algebraic group defined over a finite field of good characteristic, with associated Frobenius endomorphism F. In this article we extend an observation of Lusztig (which gives a numerical relationship between an ordinary character of GF and its unipotent support), to the case where Z(G) is disconnected. We then use this observation in some applications to the ordinary character theory of GF. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.

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