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Geometric Weil representation in characteristic two

Representation Theory 2023-08-25 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic two. Let R be the ring of Witt vectors of length two over k. We construct a group stack \hat G over k, the metaplectic extension of the Greenberg realization of Sp_{2n}(R). We also construct a geometric analog of the Weil representation of \hat G, this is a triangulated category on which \hat G acts by functors. This triangulated category and the action are geometric in a suitable sense.

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@article{arxiv.0906.0698,
  title  = {Geometric Weil representation in characteristic two},
  author = {Alain Genestier and Sergey Lysenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0698},
  year   = {2023}
}

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