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An Ennola duality for subgroups of groups of Lie type

Group Theory 2023-01-09 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

We develop a theory of Ennola duality for subgroups of finite groups of Lie type, relating subgroups of twisted and untwisted groups of the same type. Roughly speaking, one finds that subgroups HH of GUd(q)\mathrm{GU}_d(q) correspond to subgroups of GLd(q)\mathrm{GL}_d(-q), where q-q is interpreted modulo H|H|. Analogous results for types other than A\mathrm A are established, including for exceptional types where the maximal subgroups are known, although the result for type D\mathrm D is still conjectural. Let MM denote the Gram matrix of a non-zero orthogonal form for a real, irreducible representation of a finite group, and consider α=det(M)\alpha=\sqrt{\det(M)}. If the representation has twice odd dimension, we conjecture that α\alpha lies in some cyclotomic field. This does not hold for representations of dimension a multiple of 44, with a specific example of the Janko group J1\mathrm J_1 in dimension 5656 given. (This tallies with Ennola duality for representations, where type D2n\mathrm D_{2n} has no Ennola duality with 2D2n{}^2\mathrm D_{2n}.)

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@article{arxiv.2109.04938,
  title  = {An Ennola duality for subgroups of groups of Lie type},
  author = {David A. Craven},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.04938},
  year   = {2023}
}