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Categorical action for finite classical groups and its applications: characteristic 0

Representation Theory 2025-04-04 v3

Abstract

In this paper, we construct a categorical double quantum Heisenberg action on the representation category of finite classical groups O2n+1(q)\mathrm{O}_{2n+1}(q), Sp2n(q)\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}(q) and O2n±(q)\mathrm{O}^{\pm}_{2n}(q) with qq odd. Over a field of characteristic zero or characteristic \ell with q(q1)\ell\nmid q(q-1), we deduce a categorical action of a Kac-Moody algebra slI+slI\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}'_{I_+}\oplus\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}'_{I_-} on the representation category of finite classical groups. We show that the colored weight functions O+(u)()\mathbb{O}^+(u)(\bullet), O(v)()\mathbb{O}^-(v)(\bullet) and uniform projection can distinguish all irreducible characters of finite classical groups. In particular, the colored weight functions are complete invariants of quadratic unipotent characters. We also show that using the theta correspondence and extra symmetries of categorical double quantum Heisenberg action, the Kac-Moody action on the Grothendieck group of the whole category can be determined explicitly.

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@article{arxiv.2311.15229,
  title  = {Categorical action for finite classical groups and its applications: characteristic 0},
  author = {Pengcheng Li and Peng Shan and Jiping Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.15229},
  year   = {2025}
}

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the final version, to appear in Adv. in Math